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Tracking Down Waterford's History One Chair at a Time

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Oct 19, 2008

Forty years ago, I bartered a metal woodworking table for an old rocking chair. Norman Weatherholtz, owner of the chair and a longtime Waterford craftsman, told me the chair was a "Waterford rocker." It wasn't made for …

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For Years, Abattoir Had the Sweet Smell of Success

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Oct 12, 2008

"It was dirty and messy. I don't know why you would want to write about it."

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Where the Seeds of Change for Farmers Took Root

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Jun 15, 2008

Harvey "Buddy" Carpenter Jr. has spent his 84 years living in Mitchells in Culpeper County, except for three years in the Air Force during World War II.

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Old Place Names Reveal Leesburg History and Lore

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - May 19, 2008

Leesburg, 200 years old this year, abounds in neighborhood and street nicknames that once were part of common speech but are rapidly waning.

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A Trip Down Memory Lane Through Drive-In Theaters

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - May 5, 2008

While getting a haircut in downtown Leesburg, I asked my barber, Sidney Smith, if he had ever been to a drive-in. Many times as a youngster with his family in the 1960s, he told me. Overhearing us, a customer in his …

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Windows on the Past of 'Black Middleburg'

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Mar 7, 2008

For more than 100 years, St. Louis, a village in western Loudoun County, was defined by race. It was settled by freed slaves in the late 19th century and, until recently, when Loudoun's growth brought an influx of …

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How Purcellville Came to Be, 100 Years Ago

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Mar 2, 2008

The town of Purcellville will reach the century mark this month -- a youthful age compared with 250-year-old Leesburg, but a notable anniversary nonetheless.

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Survivors of '30 Drought Recall the Ultimate Dry Spell

washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Metro Business - Nov 4, 2007

The drought of 2007 is not the worst to have hit Loudoun County, but one has to go back 77 years to find a drier spell.

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