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The tiny hamlet, Port Republic located just North of Grottoes and South East
of Harrisonburg, is on the confluences of North and South River that flow
from there to make up the South Fork of the Shenandoah; and, as I have been
told, is so named because of its use as the starting point for the transport
of timber and hides being forwarded to Washington, D. C. as late as the
1880's.
Rafts were built and sold upon delivery of the goods and the boatmen walked
back to Port Republic from their adventure.
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The above has not been researched and is from a story told to me by a "born
there" resident whose birth would have been in the 1920's. These remarks are
offered for interest only and are welcomed to critical scrutiny from
authoriative sources should they need to be put right.
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