ing ground on Monroe .Johns' farm, in Buckingham County and about half way between Raines Tavern and Sheppards on Route 636 ( amp In Rain About R p.m it : acted to rain ■lowly, so the explorers w r- pick ed up by their truck and taken to hetr camp site. .Just as They got there and started .looking for a place to pitch their tents the ■«.!{••> opt :u d up at id a deluge of ain poured down Many sought shelter in re: abandoned house nearby and others were .-.hi ad with the tusk of pitching their tents. As soon .as the rain subsided to a steady downpour the rest of the Ben.it left the house and began erecting their shelter for the night. By 11 p.m. the camp was set up and in os' of the groins hid fires going with supper underway. They used dehydrated trail ra tions foi the entire trip Saturday broke early on the drenched camn and a n.-wk, cold wind dried while it cooled. The second day of the hike i Saturday i was long but interest ing as the explorers trudged down the old stage "toll gate" road now Route 638 Thev missed Sheppards. Clifton, the site of Judge Anthony Winston's house. New S'ore. Gov. P. W McKinney ‘Continued on page 7>
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“ing ground on Monroe .Johns' farm, in Buckingham County.” Farmville Herald, April 1957.
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