The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
The Valley d Virginia Auto Trip

- 6AllAM 4 AMSW ~
twas in the hottest Of this fight.
Thomas jasper Of Clarksburg, was
{! killed. 4.
I seymour Hursey, George Merri-
man, Robert Cottrill and Foley Black
4 well were wounded. Foley Black
1 well was severely wounded and sent
to the hospital the balance OF the
Iwar. AS Foley was MODELLING to the
i rear by order of his. captain, to Fo-
lley's great surprise a comrade and Sold
\ neighbor at home, ran past him a,
I full speed. Foley, called: Frank,
what are. you running for?" With
out reducing his speed, Frank re-
i piled. "Cauce l can't fly"
4 From New Market we make q side
trip across the Massanutten noun
\ tains to Luray cave In Page county,
IA distance OF fourteen, miles oyer q
!, fair mountain road, Massanutten
mountain divides this. valley OF Viz
ginia for about forty miles extcnd-
ing from near Stfassburg on the
north to near, Hafrlsonburg ON the
south The North fork OF the Shen-
], andoah river is west OF, this noun
4 tain The South fork Is east OF the
\ Massanutten mountain and Is close to
Luray cave. Y
i AS we so from New Market over
] the mountains we pass Massanutten
falls, beautiful cataract Of about
fifty feet perpendicular descent.
II We arrive at Luray cave in two
attempt to describe the cave as 1t
would take pages OF the Telegram to
describe it in full. Il ~,
\ A cave has been known here for
many years but the great Luray cave
was discovered thirty OF more years
] ago. The farmer owning tie land
on which, or rather, in which the big
cave is located became involved and
4 was sold out by his creditors. The
u md was advertised and sold to the
highest bidder for a very small sum
y, OF money. Two men bought the land
4 Jointly. 1t afterwards developed that
the buyers had discovered the en-
trance to the cave and secretly cut
4 pine bushes and covered the en>
trance with a large brush heap. The
] former owner'd died soon after and his
\ heirs brought suit. The sale was set
aside and a new sale ordered and
!. the farm was sold for forty thousand
dollars.
Back from Luray to. New Market
u up the pike at Harrisonburg. we stotj
] for the night. We are sixty miles
from Winchester and have travelled
] ninety-four miles since morning.
II We are up early next morning TO
look over the city of five thousand
people. A very fine court house, the
third since the war, has a large space
!! around 1t. A fine spring, nicely
enclosed with stone wall and q
roof over 1t supplies many people
I with fine spring wates. and is located
in Court Square.
II The town was established in 1880
| and named after Thomas Harrison.
i who laid out fifty acres OF his land
i into town lots. . a
4 Barrisonburg is the county seat of
! Rockingham county 1t is the only
town ifsthe valley, whore. tits lawful
d to sell spirituous liquors. No station
|, on the railroad between Hagerstown
EAld., and Roanoke, Va, has licensed
saloon. No station on the road from
/ lHarpers Ferry TO Lexington, except
j, Harrisonburg can whiskey be openly
i purchased, and most of the people are
\ satisfied with these conditions. :.
H From Harrisonburg we start for
u Port Republic, passing the spot where
! Colonel Ashby was killed in June.
1852. Colonel Ashley was Stonewall
i Jackson's cavalry commander. A few
niles further and we are on the bat
tlefeld OF Cross Keys, fought June 8,
. 1867, between General Fremont ana
4 Stonewall jackson, This battle was
very disastrous to Blenker's German
brigade. Next day was the battle of Port
J Republic, between Stonewall jackson
and General Shields. on the east side
OF the Shenandoah river. The thirty
first regiment Of Virginia infantry
: commanded by Colonel John s. Hoff-
man and recruited in this section far
j the rebel army-carne out Of this
. battle with only twenty-six men nn-
hurt. AS usual Stonewall was yictor-
: ious. 49,
J A descendant Of the Lewis family,
. OF Indian killers and Revolutionary
soldiers lives on the battlefield Of
Fort Republic and is voluntarily free
with information about the battl.
: which ne witnessed from the mountain
ABOVE. He lives in a fine brick man
sion that was peppered with muske,
We return to Harrisonburg and pro-
j coed UP the pike to Stanton. We are
, warned to be careful not to exceed
j the speed limit at Mount Crawford.
) town on the pike. We were toid
/ that they have policemen at either
i end Of the town, with telephone CON
nection and snare all that violate the
j speed limit and thereby get consid-
cradle revenue. SSlStei
q We stopped at the Virginia hotel
an old time tavern with accommoia.
, tons for man and beast. The fable
. Is Sunplied with fha ,hnat AZ. = I.