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Also it is important to remember that the Tubal Iron Works are not at
Germanna (they are something like 13 miles apart).
James Brothers, RPA
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On Mar 9, 2007, at 14:47, Hardin, David wrote:
> Lyle,
>
> Do you know if Spottswood's Tubal Germanna site is
> protected by the State or Spotsylvania County? I
> know Mary Washington was working on the Enchanted
> Castle, but I can't recall anything ever being
> mentioned about the furnace site, the Tubal
> blockhouse, or the first German settlement. I read
> some of the materials published by the Memorial
> Foundation of the Germanna Colonies from the early
> 60s that indicated they had identifies some of the
> most important structures (they even planted a
> cherry tree on the blockhouse foundation - sigh).
> Development is fast expanding out that way and the
> blockhouse site has great views, so it will be a
> tempting pize for a developer.
>
> ________________________________
>
> Dr. David S. Hardin
> Assistant Professor of Geography
> Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences
> Longwood University
> Farmville, Virginia 23909
> Phone: (434) 395-2581
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> ********************
> "For as Geography without History
> seemeth a carkasse without motion,
> so History without Geography
> wandreth as a Vagrant without a
> certaine habitation."
> John Smith, 1627
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