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Subject:	Last chance to ride Virginia's last pole-driven ferry?
From:	Jurretta Heckscher <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:07:02 -0400
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A very old way of travel in Virginia may disappear for good after this  
weekend: the Commonwealth's budget cuts have ended funding for the  
pole-driven Hatton Ferry across the James:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1704410

See also

http://www.hattonferry.org/

I can't tell you how sorry I am to see this news.

--Jurretta


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"I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter."









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