Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-03
W ASHlNGT0NlANA.
.o,,p or THE HAvNrs OF THE
GATHER OF hrs COUNTRY.
N Tgg SHENANDOAH VALLEY.
acknowledgements 00'F'--A no.
81 Lord Fairfax-rhe Well
Alexandria - The old
c.x rovcrn-christ church.


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N''o ,,.t, over cease 10 remem-
, che shenandoah Valley.
her a rido down ''' ,.. e., oo.o,,o-
oro N those glorious
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roDe Vi '''.. color mott into color
trates, ana ...c.os,ivorees thot
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can only ne fe.l' anu 'o' -
one must .ndeea' DC 'No'I'te'' 70 inc
,..,,,.s ~ Nature n No can LOOK WITHOUT
.-- tnerite charm. upon the Val
feehhs 90 yrhoee rolling surface
lay Oh -'.~.,f mountains. and dotted
bsche- .s,'-fs and fair fields. IS a move
W." enhancing iovelinoss.
p,.'-' .f,it o. o'clock one crisp October
80. o.H.n w8 left stanton on our
~ .,.--.ra fre Garden Spot Of Viz
,lr.uu rich in memories Of
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"Ao.an the SHENANDOAH, some lort!
rcsrs ago,
There came nDglng summons 'na'
hie men face Zoe
T0r Nass0nuttOn IS indissOiubly LINKED
With the memories Of Port Republic, New
Market. Front Royal and many oth9i
places where the best blood of the nation
ro0ed like water some forty years ago
No made our first stop at Woodstock. Z
Quaint Old town. i'm Shenandoah county
va arc NOW I'm a country associated with
the vortb of George Washington. for n,
surveyed large tracts OF land i'm this par
OF tn Valley. Woodstock was founded il
17se. by Jacob Mueller "A German Pala
tine. on 200 acres Of land. and wo
"erectod into a town" in 176l tho act be-
irg proposed 10 the House Of Burgcsses
hv Major George Washington. one Of IFS
members.
The lover OF colonial architecture vii
ind here several fine specimens. in th
way OF door-wa~s end pOTotes. Tn
oourt-bouse. a LARGE limestone building
erected I'm 1893. docs not show its age; hu
the old wooden pump standing neag
which has supplied the citizens with pur
water for over a century. begins TO shoV
that tho end Of its usefulness is near a
hand.
Ii was in the littlc Lutheran church q
Woodstock. i'm January. 177G. that Rev
Peter Muelhenberg at the close Of a FER
sermon toeminr with patriotism for I'm
rovv nation with an old cause. said
There is n time for everything in thi
,vorld-a time to talk. time 10 De silent
"a time 70 preach and 10 pray. but. also.
firne 10 flght-aud that time has come
Whoever loves freedom follow me- Then
laying aside his gown, he appeared in
coiorcrs uniform Of the Continenta
army. and stepping down from the chan
col ha enlisted I'm half an hour l2 men tC
wsar ne buff and blue.
OFT -eXt stopping-piace was Winchos
fs~ .e Oldest town In tha Valley, found
a .1ut l7fO. 1t IS queer OLD place ana
re' Ia many ways exhibits great prog
rerS
some twelve miles away IS the site OF
Giee1way Court. a low. rambling STONE
house tho home q Lord Thomas Fair
fa2 Baron of Cameron, proprietor OF
con p0 OF acres in Virginia. and patron Of
George Washington. For four years
Greanway Court was the home of Wash
irg'on while acting rs LORD FairiaN
surveyor. The old land onco is stii
standlEg-a low. one-roomed stone build
iue in which the grants 10 an that par
of Virginia were made. However Wash
treton's time was not wholly taken ~