Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-25
..T,1E FORKS or HANOVER"

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As remarkable dr / heir physical as Tor her
historical characteristics, the Forks OF itano:
yer. arc,destined to be, at po,dsiau day, the
garden spot of Virginls he mill to which
Henry Clay, in buyhood, carried his erla, still
rcuains The stream in which Patrick Henry
6sbcd and baLhed yet flows in It's. rocky bed.
r was here that Benedict Arnold displayed his
| wonIe1 c|ivahy toward -helples women and
children, It was here that great armies
marched and counter marched, and blIonueed
and fought, during the late war. Aid 1t Is
here that benignant nature has laVished her
choicest gifts, to WOO the manufacturer and
armcs to pltasurablc and profitable toll.
| Exhausted and drsoIated l.y the war, d.
prive,l in day aud by one Tell sWoop OF both
capital ami labor, our people see but one ave-
| nue. of escape from their present emDariass-
| neu,s, and thar il, though The medium OF I'M
| migralion.. they stretch forth their hands
| and raise their voices, to any and all who are
honest aud industrious, TO como aud aid them
| in recIaiming their desolaied fields and decay
Ing factories. And what more attractive lu-
ducemeuts can he presented the farmer or man
ulacurer In all our land?
| There is 10 country where capital Can DC
more profitatly employed, or labor more amply
rewarded Fruit, vines, berries, melous AID
vegetables Of all Llnds iuxuilautly grow, and to
pcrteclioll Tie iurrsls abound III the choicest
| timber the sti ems III an abundance Of h5ll,
and the fields only require Tile application OF
we'll directed and certain ahnr, to produce the
rich haryests Of ulhr aud btltcr days while
no country is lnorc >aubriuus, 10 soil more
generous, and no people more anxious TO re-
| caive accession 10 heir members, OF all indus
lrious aud honorable persons who bear not the
marks OF the curse Which was visited on the
uofortuialc son Of Ham: to all such they
will extend i brothers hand and cordial
| greeting.
Just Leow the Hanover Junction, where the
| Richmond and Fredericksburg, and Virginia
Cenlrnl Railroads intcrscct, the "North Anna, "
| "Lirtlr,' :Newtuund." and South Anna
rivers unite forming the world renowned Pa
monkey" on which the great Powhatan once
lived and rcigncd Sole monarch OF all he sur
ycyed." Three miles above the Junction., and
on line running nearly North and South, are
the great falls OF these rivers, distant in their
extreme points less than six miles. The Ia
Wills on the North Anna are only mile from
Anderson 5 Station, on The Virginia Genital
Railroad An abundance OF water, heavy
! fall, an exhaustless amount Of building mate
rial, render this splendid site for great Fac
tory. Up to these falls large numbers Of the
| finest fish make vernal and an!umua visits
| Salt water carp herring, shad, and sometimes
sturgeon are caught here A little over L mile
from the Fall mills, ale the New Market
Mills" on Little River, where in 800 yards there
is u fail OF forty~iye ttcl. Attbis place there
WAS once a largr cotton factory, tannery, Il
paper mill, 4 foundry, aoIr, grlst, saw and
shingle mills. The present owners being with
out capital, this unrloaIled water power, in rs
miles ol klrhmond, and nearly On the railroad,
is almost unemployed. Within four miles OF
this place are Rockets, another fine water power
on the Ncwfound and IGIlets, on the South
Anna, where Patrick Henry and Henry Clay
sported in childhood, anI laved tier weary
limbs.
SO abundant is the watcr-power i'll this Sec
ton, thar within five milcs'o Anderson s sta
| ton. there are ten mills, eight of which are in
Operations. Within four miles OF the Fall
| Mills, Oh the North Anna, there are four cx-
cellent mill sites, the most distant being Jcrl
| chO, which has recently been purchased by Il
Mary land xcnt' man, who is rebuilding it. 1t
was at this point that the Fifth and Sixth
Army Corps, unl.r GranI, marched mp the
hill and down again, ia their con to Rich
moud it is q wild, romantic, rocky spot
Blessed with gu L g NAL climate, generous
sol, unrivalled water power, facilities to market,
no one can donbt that The little triangle, en-
bracing the "Forks Of Hanover" is destined
ere long to he one Of the most desirable spots
in Virginia. There are within It's bounds lwo
Episcopal, two Baptist, and one Methodist
Church. Near its centre, stands Hanover
Academy, Que OF the best schools in America,
conducted by the gallant Col. II. p. JONES'
| H., fEo
Central Railroad, and three miles from its
apex runs the r., Il. & P r. r. Such is a
brief sketch Of the Forks" OF HANOVER
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