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A remnant of our colonial past Page 2 • Warren/Frederick County Report • Late February, 2021

By Mark P. Gunderman Stephens City, VA.

In 1732, John Branson obtained a 1,000 acre grant from George Bowman along Cedar Creek. He sold a parcel of land sometime later to John Kountz. In August of 1745, Lewis Stephens, a local land speculator and developer, purchased a 195-acre property from

Kountz on Cedar Creek. The tract lay on both sides of Middle Road (State Route 628), about seven miles to the southwest of what is now Stephens City and 5 miles northwest of Middletown.

Around 1755, Stephens built a house and a water powered grist mill on the property at the confluence of Cedar Creek and Fawcett Run. His mill successfully ground

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wheat, rye, oats and barley into flour and meal.

Sometime in 1752, before the French and Indian War (1754– 1763), Stephens constructed a unique hexagonal-shaped stone powder magazine adjacent to his house and mill. Local lore maintains that the building, which still stands today, was “Stephens Fort.”

This structure is mentioned in accounts of frontier happenings, many of which included Stephens’s offering protection and shelter for neighbors during several Native American raids. The building has limestone walls that are eight feet high, one foot thick and measure fourteen feet across the center.

From the ground level, the cellar floor lays nineteen feet below and has a circular limestone foundation. Troops from Washington’s Regiment were garrisoned in a stockade here in the fall of 1757.

The building was later used as an office or counting house, a lodging room, a storeroom and an ice house.

After the war, Stephens contracted for one furnace and forge, named New Work Furnace and Forge, to manufacture pig and bar iron on his tract at Cedar Creek.

These crude production units produced basic commodities like frying pans, nails, hinges, musket barrels and agricultural implements during the early 1760s.

Stephens continued to live on this tract and work on the iron furnace, however he gradually found his debts too excessive and had to form partnerships to share his costs. In 1767, Stephens sold

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his 195-acre tract and iron works share to ironmaster Isaac Zane.

Zane subsequently bought out his associates in 1768 and began to make significant improvements to his Marlboro Furnace and Iron Works. He retained the old forge and furnace established by Stephens but immediately began building a modern and sophisticated complex. This forge and furnace would become Zane’s most significant achievement.

The Shenandoah Valley had an abundance of the three ingredients needed to make iron: rich beds of brown hematite ore, abundant tracts of woodland and huge deposits of limestone. Limestone, iron ore and charcoal were layered into the furnace. There was a wood fire at the bottom to get things going, then a layer of charcoal, a layer of iron ore and a thin layer of

crushed limestone. The limestone acted as a flux. A colonial furnace produced heat of iron once a week.

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HISTORY, from 2

mansion, bath house, stone ice and spring houses, orchards, barns and stables. Nearby were the forge, furnace, a two-hundred gallon whiskey still, stone mill, saw mill, blacksmith and stone smith’s shops, company store and counting house. In addition to the mining and industrial activities, Marlboro was also a prosperous network of farms producing wheat, barley, oats, clover and timothy.

By all accounts, Zane’s furnace and forge was the largest operation of its kind in the Shenandoah Valley. As he expanded his holdings, a small village called Marlboro (due to extensive deposits of marl that are found there) developed within close proximity of the iron works.

Marlboro became a bustling community with a steady stream of settlers (furnace men, colliers, blacksmiths, wood wrights, timbermen and other skilled workers) searching for a better life. Near the location of the Cedar Creek Church was the Marlboro waterfall, a 25 foot cascade which tumbled down from Marlboro Spring into Cedar Creek and provided an enormous and continuous water flow. In colonial times, this water was piped east from the top of the fall by gravity to the village below.

This natural water source contributed to the growth, health and well-being of the Marlboro area.

Marlboro had private homes, two churches, a mill, country store, post office and two blacksmith shops. Marlboro was a mini-village and as a colonial iron works was the most developed industrial

The foundation of a covered bridge that burned in 1930 is evident on both sides of Cedar Creek.

Just east of Middle Road, an unplanted field bounded by Cedar Creek is the site where Marlboro Furnace Towers once stood.

system of its time. Zane’s colonial iron plantation supplied the village with stored goods, iron wares and agricultural products.

By 1772, the iron works produced hundreds of portable tenplate heating stoves and plate castings for the large open fireplaces common in colonial times.

The forge and blacksmith shop also produced cooking pots, salt pans, tea kettles, skillets, mortars

illuminated the sky for many miles.

The products of this industry were hauled by wagon to Alexandria on the Potomac and Falmouth on the Rappahannock and sold through merchants in Philadelphia.

The Marlboro Iron Works transitioned from casting iron ingots for export to casting full-size cannon to support the fight for American independence on land and sea. During the Revolutionary

and pestles, ovens, stove plates and flat irons. The 10-foot-square furnace roared, the two-hammer forge pounded, the water wheels groaned and the cacophony carried across the entire industrial complex. The operation ran 24 hours a day with laborers working 12 hour shifts. An acre of hardwood was needed to feed the furnace for each 24-hour period. At night the brilliance of the furnace

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The Marlboro Furnace was the life-blood of the village as the iron works peaked at 200 employees.

The iron furnaces and other production facilities that had geared up to manufacture munitions in 1776 reverted back to civilian production after 1782. The production of iron commodities at Marlboro Furnace became greatly diminished due to the declining health and death of Isaac Zane in 1795. The downsizing had an immediate effect on the blacksmiths, wood wrights, wagon wrights and other skill-mixes employed there.

History reflects that some of the families from the Marlboro community later became directly associated with the wagon-building industry in Stephensburg (now Stephens City).

In 1810, Marlboro Iron Works was still being operated by Zane’s executors. However, in 1812, the forge and furnace were transferred to a group of well-known investors and iron makers. These owners managed more modern iron works like Columbia Furnace near Edinburg and these facilities eventually led to Zane’s Furnace becoming

obsolete and abandoned in 1828.

Mill operations situated on the partial foundation of earlier mills continued to ground feed at this location until the 1950s in spite of at least two fires that seriously damaged the facility, one in the late 1800s and the other in 1930.

The fire on May 15, 1930 did heavy damage to the mill and burned

the covered bridge that connected Frederick and Shenandoah Counties. Mill owner L.L. Link rebuilt the mill and offered the remaining stone from the ancient furnace to the State Department of Highways for rebuilding the bridge in 1932.

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Shenandoah Riverkeeper wants to stop pollution and clean up waters Mark Frondorf informs public at Samuels Library Zoom presentation

Shenandoah Riverkeeper Mark Frondorf is seen here holding an informational talk on the importance of riparian buffers on Happy Creek in Front Royal during a protest about clear cutting trees on a portion of the banks.

By Carol Ballard Warren/Frederick County Report Mark Frondorf belongs to the Potomac Riverkeeper Network and is an official Shenandoah Riverkeeper. He has demonstrated his care of waterways, particularly

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“Shenandoah Campaign members will note the latitude and longitude coordinates so they can go and identify where it is. This information will be used to make a map to see where the algae is growing.

“By building a map and photographs, it is the goal to make the DEQ address the algae and phosphorus in the river,” he said.

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He noted that those are good, cheap fertilizers for farms, but “If the land is overloaded, the phosphorus goes into the river and is gobbled up by algae in the west, north, south and its main stem.

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Blooms that can injure animals or the ecology are called ‘harmful algal blooms’ (HAB), and can lead to fish die-offs, cities cutting off water to residents, or states having to close fisheries.”

Frondorf recalled that the Shenandoah Riverkeeper, along with three other local citizen groups, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2017 for the agency’s repeated failure to address the Shenandoah River’s increasing problem with algae blooms and pollution.

In the lawsuit Warren County’s unique position on the River was described like this, “Warren County is the only county in Virginia that contains all three sections of the Shenandoah River, both north and south forks and the main stem,” said Herschel Finch, conservation chairman of the Izaak Walton League of America’s Warren County chapter. “The river in this county flows not just over the Shenandoah Valley bedrock, not just through our fields and forests and over limestone karst; it flows through our citizens’ veins, and our hearts. The members of our local chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America stand shoulder to shoulder with our local Riverkeepers and others to ensure this river is restored and remains the national treasure we know it to be.”

The lawsuit accused the EPA of ‘not fulfilling its duty under the Clean Water Act when it approved Virginia’s decision not to identify the Shenandoah River’s algae impairment on the state’s list of quality-impaired rivers and streams and further that, ‘the EPA

should have identified the Shenandoah River as impaired based on extensive data demonstrating that widespread algae blooms prevent the river from meeting Virginia’s water quality standards.’

At that time, Frondorf was quoted as saying, “The Shenandoah is one of the most beautiful rivers in the country—and a popular recreation destination, but it’s threatened by the failure of state and federal authorities to stop excessive nutrients—and the algae they produce—from entering the river.

We hope this lawsuit will change that.”

Frondorf noted in the interview that they lost the lawsuit but have succeeded in 2021 to get an agreement to get the cattle out of the rivers by 2025.

One of their main goals right now is to build a body of evidence to compel the Department of Environmental Quality to address algae blooms on the rivers.

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Entries are now being accepted for the twelfth annual ArtScape

ArtScape, presented by ShenArts, Shenandoah Arts Council, transforms Old Town Winchester’s walking mall into an outdoor art gallery. Artists of all ages, styles and mediums are invited to participate and submit their works to www.shenarts.org by March 27. Photos Courtesy Bridgeforth Photographics.

This is one of the selected works that has been reproduced on banners that are hung on light posts throughout the downtown area on Old Town Winchester’s walking mall for a full year. 3 The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley provides support for ArtScape as the host sponsor, also displaying the original works of art in its Art in the Halls program.

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Entries are now being accepted for the twelfth annual ArtScape, Where Life Meets Art. until March 27.

ArtScape, presented by ShenArts, Shenandoah Arts Council, transforms Old Town Winchester’s walking mall into an outdoor art gallery.

Patti Solenberger, a long time ArtScape sponsor said Solenberger’s True Value Hardware continues to sponsor each year because she loves to support local artists, the community, and art council.

“I mean, it’s one of those things,” Solenberger said. “It’s not only good for us in the sense of supporting the arts, but it’s kind of we find we put ours in the hallway at the store. I’ve had customers actually come up to me and thank me for supporting the arts. I have cus-

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Businesses are encouraged to sponsor a banner for the outdoor art gallery on the Old Town Winchester’s walking mall made possible by ArtScape.

Individuals can also sponsor banners, as a patron of the arts. To learn more and submit, visit: www.shenarts.org

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yeah, it was like a big deal.”

Quast said she learned about ArtScape via social media. But also word of mouth has been a powerful tool in reaching local arts in the Valley. Since its inception in 2008, over 380 artists have seen their works hanging on the Old Town Walking Mall.

“When you talk about your community, we’re only as strong as we’re building each other up,”

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For ArtScape 12, Quast said she will probably create some new pieces before the submission date, and then decide which is the most representative for the direction she’s headed.

Jerry Hickman, ShenArts president, said 2020 was one of the best ArtScapes to date.

“We had more banners last year than, you know, for the life of the project, which is just wonderful because there’s so much space downtown and we’ve tried for years to grow the program,” Hickman said. “To be beyond just the walking mall.”

“We would really like to be able to get everyone on Braddock Street, Cameron Street, Piccadilly and Cork Street. But without enough sponsors, we [just] can’t make that commitment and the city can’t make that commitment to the investment. You know, the artscape project is a collaboration between the city of Winchester and the Shenandoah Arts Council.”

While COVID-19 caused a minor disruption for the hanging process and prevented an in-person reception, Hickman said ArtScape 11 was successful in bringing community art to the Walking Mall.

Lauri Bridgeforth, ArtScape committee chair and photographer, is unique to the ArtScape project, as she was only of the three original people that hatched the project in 2008/2009 over bacon, at a breakfast meeting.

“This program is one of the longest continuous running community art projects in our area.”

Bridgeforth explained.

Spotted in the Midwest, Bridgeforth said the group felt like it was an opportunity that could be brought to the Winchester community. Bridgeforth said her role in the beginning and still is the handling of the digital production and prepping for printing.

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cause when people ask me about doing large scale, fine art reproduction, you know, I can tell them well, look out front at the ArtScape banners. I do all the production for that.”

When asked why ArtScape was brought to Winchester, she said it was really an attempt to bring beauty to the Old Town Mall.

“You get the flags on the Fourth of July. You get flowers in the spring. It was just another way to make the mall look really fabulous,” Bridgeforth said. “Remember, this is 2009. So this in 2008. So this is before the mall renovation.”

Like many programs ArtScape has evolved over the years. Bridgeforth said when the Old Town Mall went through its renovation, the light poles became physically

shorter and lower to the ground.

Adhering to the rules and adapting is what has kept the project’s momentum.

“It’s growing legs,” Bridgeforth said.

Hickman said the project averages 35 artists each year.

“Some artists actually have more than one piece get in,” Hickman said.

“There was one year where I had three submissions get in,” Bridgeforth said. “And I was really kind of surprised about that. I’ve actually successfully gotten in each year that I’ve submitted and I have submitted every year.”

Hickman explained that once artists submit their work, the pieces are chosen by a blind jury, which changes each year.

“The jury doesn’t know who

the artists are when they’re reviewing the works,” Bridgeforth added. “Which is the only fair way to make sure that every piece gets looked at exactly the same way.”

Artists of all ages, styles and mediums are invited to participate and submit their works by March 27. Selected works are then reproduced on banners that will hang on light posts throughout

the downtown area for a full year.

The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley provides support for this program as the host sponsor, displaying the original works of art in its Art in the Halls program.

Businesses are encouraged to sponsor a banner. Hickman added that individuals can also sponsor banners, as a patron of the arts.

To learn more and submit, visit:

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Secretary Marilyn King reported on events at Trump’s initial rally on January 6

The Warren County Republican Committee met (in part virtually) Jan. 28.

Vice-Chair elect Vicky Cook is seen smiling with Chairman John Smith as Secretary Marilyn King (far left) reviews her minutes of the meeting of the Warren County Republican Committee.

By Tom Sayre Warren/Frederick County Report On Thursday, January 28, Vicky Cook won against Stephen Kurtz for the seat as vice-chair of the Warren County Republican Committee (WCRC). John Smith, the Chair of the WCRC stated with a big smile on his face, “I look for-

ward to working together with Vicky. She is a great attribute to our committee team.

And she is a hard fighter. I know she is going to fight hard for our committee and our community.”

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Referring to a possible run by Cook for Fork District Supervisor, Smith said, “I am pulling for her (Cook). She will be good wherever she goes. She is a fighter, a go getter.”

Vicky Cook responded to her win.

“I am really excited. I think we need to unite and come together.

Especially with the way we are in our country. The most important thing to me that I want to get my arms around is election integrity.

We need to do it as a committee, as a team. We need to work on that. I have a lot of ideas and I want to help John (Smith) and everybody on the committee. I just want to make everything come together. I want to expand our Republican Committee across the county. We need to be strong.”

Cook estimated that there are currently around 52 people on the WCRC. She recognized that Ralph Waller is supporting her if she decides to run for Fork Dis-

trict Supervisor and she added, “I am really honored that people put their trust in me.”

Waller and Cook emphasized that they are trying to get the whole committee to work as a team.

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Everybody was peaceful, everybody was great. There was one person behind me who, when our President was speaking, was yelling ‘burn it down.’ That is not the way we were there. Everyone else

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She added, “Because none of the people there to support Trump were saying something like that.

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“Then we got a couple of blocks up and police cars were just flying down the road. They (the police cars) were on the roads blocked off for pedestrians. So they were flying down the road and then we looked at the Capitol and it was blue lights everywhere. It was crazy. But everybody around me was peaceful and I know that there was probably Antifa there just from hearing from that one person screaming.”

King said she did not participate in the events at the Capitol and stated it was nice that people were able to differentiate between those who did something and those who did not. King did emphasize “they did change our social media platform.”

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Sustainability Matters gears up for 2021 garden season Spring is coming and it’s not too early to think about home grown food

Executive Director Sari Carp, Ph.D. of the regional environmental conservation nonprofit Sustainability Matters group is excited about this spring’s full slate of virtual garden programming that promises to enhance skills, answer burning questions and open new eco-horizons.

By Carol Ballard Warren/Frederick County Report Sari Carp, Ph.D., executive director of the regional environmental conservation nonprofit Sustainability Matters was cheerful and optimistic when asked how they were doing in a phone conversation about their spring lineup of classes.

“We’re surviving!” she said. “It’s been an interesting year with a lot of decisions to make.”

Some of the recent decisions related to that are making videos and popular virtual events. These have given them a much wider audience, even globally, which has attracted volunteers from out of our area.

The three-year-old non-profit is dedicated to helping the environment through education and beneficial events like plant swaps for folks to share and trade plants and seeds. These are held for gardeners and others who care for the earth, with ecologically sound solutions to everyday issues.

“We have a much wider reach now with our usual audience being around 100 participants, which we’ve considered to be good, has increased to 1,000 online,” she said. “We’ve gotten several great new volunteers in Northern Virginia, two from Colorado and a great new web developer from (Washington) D.C. As we spread our physical footprint, I hope we can stay involved.”

Because of this recent wider range, they’ve decided to continue with virtual events.

In 2019, the group created a program called “Making Trash Bloom.”

This was a pilot program that involved planting perennial flowers on top of a portion of the Shenandoah County Landfill.

When asked how this had turned out, she said it took a slight step backwards when it was accidentally mowed by landfill employees last spring.

“But it only put it back a few weeks,” she said.

Photos of the site show how it beautifies the plot with native flowers and pollinator habitat at the landfill in Strasburg. The results can be viewed on a video in the link tree e-news archive at https://linktr.ee/smatters onYouTube.

And she added this bit of advice.

“Finally, once you’ve had enough of staring at a screen, swing by the Shenandoah County landfill (yes, the landfill) in late spring and summer to see which native perennials are blooming in the Making Trash Bloom pilot plot. It’s the first stage of the landfill’s partnership with Sustainability Matters to turn “dead” land into pollinator paradise,” she added.

“It’s not only surviving, but thriving,” she said enthusiastically.

This pilot project plot is just the beginning and is an experimental garden. Their goal is to plant over a 5-acre trash pit called a “cell.” The trash in the cell has to settle, then it’s covered and smashed down.

“We have to wait for them to say it’s ready, but we’re not sure when that will be for the Shenandoah County landfill, she said. “We’re still enthusiastic but when that happens, we’ll go into more depth with the seed mix and will collaborate with Shenandoah County to see what works for them.”

Sari talked about the financials and issues that the non-profit deals with.

She explained that as it matures as an organization, it has to be financially sustainable, but right now it doesn’t have the funding needed for the kind of public outreach that would be ideal.

“It’s great that we have the volunteers and corporate sponsors who have stuck with us through

the Pandemic, but we don’t have a private donor base to help with funding things like the free webinar for Happy Creek that we did,” she noted, “There’s no money for that.”

Sustainability Matters and the Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley organized the webinar on November 19 to inform the public about the upsetting destruction of the riparian buffer on a portion of Happy Creek in Front Royal.

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She said that, depending on the

kind of webinar program, it can cost as much between 50-100 hours of time and the ZOOM subscription costs over $1,000 a year.

She added that their and their educational programming needs funding also.

(There is a small charge for the programs which she said basically ensures that people will show up for them) “Even though we are a non-profit, we still have to eat,” she said.

She said she typically works about 100 hrs/wk and their Plant Swap took from 150-1,000 hours of time to arrange and needed 1025 volunteers to make it a success.

“It’s not sustainable to continue that way,” she said.

But she acknowledges that even though they are a start-up nonprofit, they have done well.

“As we expand and mature, we learn what can be funded and what won’t,” she said.

As far as their financial stability, she said they have been fortunate to be getting two grants and are proud to have been chosen from among thousands of applicants worldwide.

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The “Making Trash Bloom” sign can be seen as evidence of the native perennial flowers that Sustainability Matters members planted to create a pollinator habitat at the Shenandoah County Landfill in Strasburg, Va. Courtesy Elose Trissel

This Monarch butterfly has landed on an Aster at Sustainability Matters’ site of the pilot program in their “Making Trash Bloom.” program at the Shenandoah County Landfill. Courtesy Sari Carp

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landfill project and educational programming that cover information on native plants, herbal uses and ecology.

“We have been touched by the

support from our corporate sponsors, especially small businesses that were thought to be less able to donate,” she noted. “It’s fantastic to see the level of donors, the great sponsors and great people who gave input and advice.”

As for the blooming trash program, she said they hope to expand.

“We’ll continue with the land-

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“Gardening got a lot of us through 2020. Lifelong gardeners found solace in the soil, occasional tomato parents grew more ambitious, and novices became victory gardeners, discovering the bliss of homegrown peas and greens along with the anguish of cabbage worms and tomato blight. In a surreal year, many gardeners also found time for reflection upon our planet’s future and our own role in its ecosystem. More and more are turning to environmentally friendly landscaping: less turfgrass, more native plants and trees and wildlife habitat.

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How the second oldest town in our Valley lost its name

Stevensburg Post Office on Germanna Highway (State Route 3) in Culpeper County.

Stephens City Post Office on Main Street in Frederick County.

By Mark Gunderman I have often wondered how the tiny village of Stevensburg in Culpeper County outmaneuvered Stephensburg of Frederick County for post office naming rights. I did some research on these two towns and discovered some interesting historical facts about both colonial era communities.

Stephensburg, VA In the fall of 1758, during the French and Indian War, Lewis Stephens successfully petitioned the colonial government of Virginia in Williamsburg for a town charter.

He cited an urgent need for the frontier population to establish a town to better defend themselves against raids by Native Americans and their French allies. Stephens City was founded as Stephensburg on October 12, 1758 and originally settled by individuals of Scottish, Scotch-Irish, Irish and German ancestry.

Stephensburg would become the second oldest town in the Shenandoah Valley behind nearby Winchester. The town became a commercial hub as it was strategically located along the “Great Philadelphia Wagon Road” (what is now U.S. Route 11) and the “Old Dutch Wagon Road” (what is now State Route 277), once a major transportation artery from Alexandria to all points west.

In the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth centuries, Stephensburg became prosperous as a crossroads village with small scale industries, featuring produc-

tion of the renowned Newtown Wagon. This immense wagon, which in strength and durability of material and workmanlike finish, was not surpassed. The wagon rivaled their famous prototypes, the Conestoga wagons of Pennsylvania. Spacious enough to carry all that the six powerful horses could draw over the rough roads and strong enough to sustain the weight of four tons, the Newtown Wagon became legendary for its sturdiness among both Virginia farmers and settlers migrating to the far West, including the Gold Rush of 1849. Blacksmiths, wheelwrights, tanneries, saddle and harness makers, silversmiths and

machine shops were established to support the wagon making industry.

Hearsay has it that as the town limits expanded northward on the west side of Rt. 11 in 1799, that area became known as the “Newtown Addition.” By the time of the Civil War, Stephensburg’s nickname of “Newtown” had become the dominant name for which the entire town was known. However the prominent wagon makers traditionally advertised their businesses’ name on the hind-end gate of the wagons they produced and consistently included the Newtown/Stephensburg address. In writing documents or directing

letters folks used both names and often just N. T. Stephensburg. So the Newtown/Stephensburg naming tradition was still in vogue.

In July 1870, the new Winchester and Strasburg Railroad was completed, which connected Newtown for the first time with Winchester and the Manassas Gap Railroad at Strasburg.

Though the new railroad extension and town depot improved the local economy, which struggled after the Civil War, it decimated the wagon-building trade. Old support industries gradually disappeared.

However, the railway provided increased access to national markets for local produce, particularly apples, which had supplanted wheat as the principal

agricultural crop in the Valley.

An industrial district of Stephens City called “Mudville,” was established around the new railroad station. Mudville included a cider and vinegar works, an applepacking shed and a cooper’s shop kept busy supplying apple barrels for transport. A limestone quarry and lime kiln were opened in 1900 near the rail line, along with a steam-powered flour mill.

This concentration of businesses formed the commercial and industrial base of the town into the twentieth century. Unfortunately, a major fire broke out in November, 1936 and destroyed most of the Mudville business district.

Stephens City never fully recovered from this catastrophic event.

The town continued to persist and

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Stephens City welcome sign looking north from US Route 11. Photos courtesy Mark Gunderman.

later found its niche serving the local industrial, agricultural, educational, health and social service base. The current population is around 2,000.

Stevensburg, VA The first German Colony migrated to the Virginia Piedmont in 1714 to work in Lt. Gov. Alex-

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ander Spotswood’s iron mines in what is now Spotsylvania County.

Spotswood called the settlement Germanna. A second colony from Kraichgau of Baden and Württemberg (tradesmen vice miners) arrived in 1717.

In the 1720s, a number of these early Germanna settlement families completed their indentured servitude and eventually crossed the Rapidan River, acquired land seven miles west of Germanna and called the community York.

This tiny village grew to be well established by the mid-1700s at the busy intersection of Kirtley’s Rolling Road and Carolina Road

(what is now York and Stevensburg Roads). It is the oldest and for a time was the largest community in Culpeper County. The prosperous village built around historic Zimmerman’s Tavern (circa 1735), continued to develop along one of the 18th century’s most heavily traveled thoroughfares, carrying settlers from Pennsylvania to Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas before the American Revolution.

In 1782, on 50 acres owned by William Bradley, the village was officially established by the Virginia Legislature and York was renamed for Revolutionary War hero and Culpeper citizen, Brig.

Gen. Edward Stevens who won acclaim battling Lord Cornwallis and his British troops at Yorktown. Stevensburg was the new frontier, a westward route, a hub for travel and had a promising future. A rapidly growing population and new wealth gave rise to the establishment of the Southland Quaker Meeting Hall, a Masonic Lodge and Stevensburg Academy where the wealthy were educated and where a medical school was established. Stephensburg became the cultural center of Culpeper.

But the village, once a flourishing crossroads in Virginia saw its population decrease from 150 in 1835 to 96 in 1850. By 1880

the village population continued to dwindle due to the growth of nearby railroad communities established during the 1870s. The village’s close proximity to the Culpeper County Courthouse (six miles west) never allowed Stevensburg an opportunity to sustain a commercial economy tied to the exchange of goods, services and labor activities. The village moved quietly into the twentieth century supporting three mercantile stores, a saddlery and wheelwright enterprise and several blacksmiths. The town maintained a fire department in a livery stable. Into the twenty-first century, Stevensburg has become a small rural unincorporated community with a current population of around 200.

Confusion in names of two towns in two counties In the late 1870s the United States Postal Service was struggling to deliver mail to the correct Virginia addresses because there were almost a dozen other townships in Virginia called Newtown and there were two communities with almost identical names: Newtown/Stephensburg in Frederick County and another Stevensburg in Culpeper County.

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ington, D.C informed the people of Newtown/Stephensburg in February of 1880 that the town would be requested to change its name. After a community meeting, the town’s postmaster was sent to Washington with orders to have the historic name maintained. The Postal Department refused to change its previous direction but would consider any other name that was not already taken by another post office in Virginia.

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the people of Stephensburg drafted a list of names that included the following: Newton City, Newtonburg, Newtonfield, Newtolona, Newtonapolis and Stephens City. The name “Stephens City” was chosen by popular vote, and shortly thereafter (April 1880) the town post office was officially rechristened.

Now if Stephensburg (Frederick) was recognized by Virginia’s Colonial General Assembly in 1758 and Stevensburg (Culpeper) was not recognized until 1782, how did that little village, with one

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of the smallest post office buildings in Virginia (about 10 by 15 feet) and situated 70 miles to the southeast, outhustle our town for the historic naming rights?

A likely explanation is provided Rick Kriebel, Manager of Collections and Programs, Newtown History Center of the Stone House Foundation in Stephens City, was able to shed some light on this very topic and provided his insight. He did not have a definite answer to my question, however Rick had plenty of program knowledge on this matter. Information his office had collected over the years creates a likely explanation of why Culpeper’s Stevensburg got to keep their name and we didn’t. In short, they most likely serviced more people at the time.

Rick informed me that his predecessor, Wayne Eldred, fielded this question to an acquaintance at the National Postal Museum some years ago. The associate at the Museum said the United States Postal Service would prioritize a post office that serviced a greater population. So if the Stevensburg Post Office served more people than the Newtown/ Stephensburg Post Office, then the former would get to retain its naming rights.

It appears this was the case.

Rick consulted with the Culpepper County Library System’s historian and they found that in 1880, Newtown/Stephensburg had a population in of 479, while Stevensburg had just 61 people.

However, the census for that year reflects a magisterial district for Stevensburg which numbered 2,655 people (an increase of 655 from 1870).

By contrast, there was no district for Newtown/Stephensburg that year—we belonged to the Opequon Magisterial District, which numbered 3,003 people (a decrease of 1,411 from 1870), but included the 372 people of Middletown. Remove them—and their post office—from the equation and we had less people than Stevensburg from a magisterial standpoint (2,631 to 2,655). Rick also added that Mountain Falls, Star Tannery, Gravel Springs, Fawcett Gap, Meadow Mills, Marlboro, Parkins Mill and other surrounding areas included in the Opequon District also had post offices that year. Unfortunately these nearby post offices would have lowered our service numbers even more so.

It appears the Newtown/Stephensburg post office just served less people than Stevensburg’s in 1880. Since they had their own magisterial district which supplemented the amount of people served, Rick ascertains that this is enough evidence to make population differences a likely reason why they got to keep the historic name and we didn’t.

The name Stevens City conveys an image of a mining town in Nevada, Utah or Colorado. Stephensburg is just so much more appropriate for this enchanting village nestled in the Lower Shenandoah Valley.

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Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine to Include Clarke and Warren Counties The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has announced that the agency’s surveys for the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) indicate that this invasive pest has become established in Clarke and Warren counties. As a result, Virginia’s Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine will expand in mid-March to include Clarke and Warren counties. Expansion of the quarantine is necessary to slow the spread of this insect pest to un-infested areas of the Commonwealth.

To slow the spread of the spotted lanternfly, businesses in the quarantined area are required to obtain a permit from VDACS and inspect regulated articles to ensure that the articles do not contain any life stage of the spotted lanternfly.

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on the spotted lanternfly and outline steps for businesses to obtain a permit. The meetings will be held through WebEx on the following dates: February 22, 2021, from 9 to 10 a.m.

February 23, 2021, from 2 to 3 p.m.

Businesses in the quarantined areas are encouraged to participate in one of the virtual meetings. Public participation information for both of these meetings

is available at www.vdacs.virginia. gov/plant-industry-services.shtml.

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ENGLE’S ANGLE: “My Appendix and Me”

by Kevin S. Engle Last week, I made my first ever batch of butterscotch chip cookies.

Everything was going along just fine, until I realized something.

I’d forgotten to include the butterscotch chips.

That’s a problem.

Thanks to my wife’s quick thinking, we took that first tray of cookies out of the oven, added the chips on top and averted a cookie disaster.

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I’ve been told on more than one occasion I don’t quite measure up to that level.

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In my last job before retiring, I worked for a government contractor. As much as I thought what I did was important, the government didn’t see it the same way.

If there was a shutdown for any reason, like a snowstorm or lack of funding, I didn’t go to work.

No work, no pay.

My job wasn’t considered essential, and sadly, neither was I. I was like your appendix.

We all have one, but it doesn’t really do anything. It may have at one time, but not now.

It’s not essential.

And now it’s happened again.

This time with the coronavirus vaccine.

I’d like to get one. ASAP. But the problem is, I’m waaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down on the list.

Why? Yup. I’m not essential.

I’m not a front line worker or a first responder, and I don’t fit into any other category which would move me up on the priority list.

I get it.

I’m just a regular Joe, make that Kevin, and I’ll get the vaccine when all the other regular Joes, and Kevins, qualify for it.

But there may be hope.

Did you hear about the six lucky people in Oregon who got the shot while stranded in their cars during a snowstorm? Also stranded were health care workers returning from giving out those vaccines. They still had six doses which were about to expire.

The next time there’s a big snow coming, I’m headed for the interstate.

Until then, you’ll see my wife and I hanging around the local CVS at closing time, just in case somebody doesn’t show up for their appointment. I’ll be Johnny on the spot. Make that Kevin on the spot.

There was a story on last night’s news about people waiting in line all day, just in case.

Vaccine hunters.

My new profession.

At least I still have my appendix.

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Somehow Goodwin avoided rolling the vehicle over and came driving out and directly towards the deputy who was there to check his welfare and who then attempted to stop Goodwin for the reckless driving he just observed.

Goodwin refused to stop and was pursued onto Route 522 and down North Timber Ridge Road until crossing into West Virginia where the pursuit was terminated. Based on this encounter, two (2) felony warrants and two (2) misdemeanor warrants were obtained.

Upon checking Goodwin’s residence in Morgan County, family members informed West Virginia authorities that Goodwin suffered mental health issues and might be in possession of a handgun.

A short time later, Goodwin once again called Frederick County 9-1-1 and a check of his cell phone’s signal indicated he was once again in Frederick County and currently on Middle Road.

Goodwin was located in the 4300 block and a traffic stop was attempted with Goodwin refusing to stop and another pursuit being initiated. Goodwin led deputies the full length of Middle Road to Valley Avenue, in the city of Winchester, where his vehicle’s tires were spiked before he turned and proceeded South towards Kernstown. Once Goodwin’s speed was down to 35 mph, FCSO personnel performed a PIT maneuver which caused Goodwin to spin out and allowed units to box the fleeing suspect in and end the pursuit safely.

Goodwin then refused to exit the vehicle and resisted law enforcement efforts to physically extract him until a taser was successfully deployed and Goodwin was secured without further incident.

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David Dietsch

Stephens City man faces numerous charges At 3:23 am Sunday morning, officers with the Front Royal Police Department were in a brief traffic pursuit in the south end of town.

Patrol units received information that a gray Ford F-150 had just been involved in an accident on the South Fork bridge and had not stopped. Officer Tyler Smith observed the suspect vehicle traveling southbound on Commerce Avenue and attempted to pull the vehicle over. The suspect vehicle accelerated and turned off Commerce Avenue, west onto Stonewall Drive and south onto Blue Ridge Avenue. The vehicle then lost control, striking a curb before coming to rest in the 200 block of Blue Ridge Avenue.

The driver, identified as David Dietsch of Stephens City, was taken into custody after a brief struggle with officers on scene.

Dietsch was transported to RSW Regional Jail and charged with hit and run of attended property, felony eluding, driving revoked, driving under the influence (2nd offense in 10 years), and possession of schedule I/II narcotics. He is currently being held without bond and is scheduled to appear in Warren County General District Court on March 16, 2021 at 10:00am.

Warren County Fire and Rescue responded to the accident scene on the South Fork bridge. They treated and transported a passenger, Ciera Williams, to Warren Memorial Hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle, Lindsey Weidenbach, stated that her car broke down as she was driving southbound across the bridge. Weidenbach advised she put her hazard flashers on and moved her car off the road as close as far right as possible. Colton Smallwood was looking under the hood of her vehicle when the suspect vehicle crashed into the rear of her car. Weidenbach advised the suspect truck reversed and drove away. Weidenbach and Smallwood also sought treatment at Warren Memorial

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Thursday, March 11 – 10:00 Virtual Story Time. This week, we will hear stories that feature some of our Favorite Rabbits!

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This is a group for those who wish to talk seriously about a variety of topics. Sign up in advance to participate on a platform to be determined. For ages 12-18.

Samuels Public Library Adult Programming March 1st - 15th You can find and register for all library events on our website, samuelslibrary.net Books & Beyond Informal Discussion: Love talking about books? Join our informal adult book club meeting where each month members catch up and discuss the different books they are reading outside the group’s choice for the month. This event will be held on Saturday, March 3th at 10 A.M. (This group meets on every 1st Wednesday of the month.)

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This event will be held on March 10th at 6 P.M. Photography & Beyond: Wildflower Photography: Our photography group meets virtually, every other week via Zoom. During this presentation we will share places and techniques for photographing the valley’s spectacular wildflowers. This interactive forum is facilitated by local photographer, Sharon Fisher. Register for this event online. This event will be held on

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The victim suffered severe blunt force trauma to the head after being struck multiple times with a weapon. The victim was taken to Warren Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Winchester Medical Center where he underwent emergency surgery due to injuries sustained in the assault.

The victim has since been released from the hospital.

On February 5, 2021, Lewis Darnyl Porter was arrested by officers with the Middletown Police Department located in Frederick County, Virginia. Mr. Porter was transported to the Northwest Regional Adult Detention Center, where he went before the magistrate and is currently being held without bond. Mr. Porter was charged with Virginia Code § 18.2-51.2 Aggravated Malicious Wounding and violating his probation. A court date for these offenses is set for March 16, 2021 at 10:00am in Warren County General District Court.

The Front Royal Police Department would like to thank the Warren County Sheriff ’s Office, Frederick County Sheriffs Office, Middletown Police Department, and the United States Marshal’s Service for their help in the apprehension of Mr. Porter. Anyone with further information in connection to this investigation is asked to contact Front Royal Police Detective M.R. Ramey at (540) 636-2208 or by email at mramey@frontroyalva.com

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