When I was recently out there doing some look-ups, the man at the  
library said something, I think it was the furnace, was now under a  
small paved parking lot near the river, and so protected. I think it  
is on land that is preserved, not open to development. Look it up and  
send them an email.

Nancy

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

--Daniel Boone



On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:47 PM, 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
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> "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