I now wonder, with the several varying accounts of who named what  
mountain and who engraved, or did not engrave, what where, how much  
of the recollections were clouded by alcohol- soaked memories.  
Seriously. It might be something to consider. Perhaps Fontaine was  
not as inclined to imbibe as the others; perhaps he was taking notes  
and making observations. There's always one at every party, the  
person in the corner, nursing a drink all evening and watching...  
invariably a writer who later puts those mental notes to good use.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Jan 28, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Lonny J. Watro wrote:

> If you search VA-HIST archives you will find the following.....
>
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 11:46 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
>
>
> Those interested in the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe should  
> obtain from
> their local library, or by interlibrary loan, "The Journal of John
> Fontaine."
>
>
> Fontaine was the minister who accompanied the "Knights" to the top  
> of the
> Blue Ridge.  His journal contains his account of this journey.  He  
> was in
> company of Spotswood from the beginning, at Williamsburg, through  
> all of the
> local stops (and all of the toasts to various important events  
> along the
> way)
> until the end when Spotswood returned to Williamsburg.
>
> This is a marvelous anecdote of our past with many references to  
> those who
> made the trek and those met along the way.
>
> Joyce Browning
> Fairfax County, Virginia
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