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The County of Rappahannock in the Piedmont Section of Virginia is unsurpassed in* mountain scenery. It was here in the foothills S of the Blue Ridge, during the war .between the States, the invading General Pope (while camped upon this sacred soil,) in a letter to his wife wrote “Owing to military' expediency, I cannot disclose to you - my location, but I iwill say I am1 -in the Switzerland of America.” When Pope later met Lee in the Second Battle of Manassas, where •whis troops were near annihilation, %t is to wonder, if Pope in his after reflection could appreciate any beauty whatever in Virginia, even those beautiful though rugged scenes from his old camp in the “Switzerland” of Rappahannock . and those mountains “rock ribbed and, ancient as the sun.”
In order to know and better ap-. preciate the origin of the County v of Rappahannock, it is interesting to note the subdivisions made in one of the eight original English Shires, in order to form therefrom other Shires in Virginia and from these further subdivisions 'were made, fhieh, after we obtained our Independence from England, were designated Virginia Counties, s To avoid confusion all such subdivisions will hereafter be referred to as counties. ,
One of those eight original ’ English Shires, of (which the County of Rappahannock is now a part, was formed in the year 1634 and first called CharJ*yjbRher Shire, named for King Charles I, of England. The name of this Shire was changed in 1642 to York, so named _for Yorkshire, England, - - . New Kent county was formed,, \ Wrom York county in 1664;'£,#* * ’
\\ King . and Queen county was i \ Vrmed from New Kent county * iVl®91* - '' ”w^j • * 'Xing William county was form* l ed from King and Queen county In 1702; ./'r,
Spotsylvania county was formed from Essex county, - King and-.. Queen county and King William t county in 1721? Essex county and * .-V Richmond .county were' formed from the original Rappahannock county in 1692. At which time it ‘ appears the county known as Rappahannock lost its identity;
Orange county was formed from { Spotsylvania county in 1734;
Culpeper county was formed from Orange count? in 1746; Rappahannock county was form- . «d from Culpeper c&unty February 8, 1833. -
It is conclusive from the records that the County of Rappahannock v: See HISTORY Page 3 *
“The Desert Song** ;
In Richmond March 24
■> ■■■ Sigmund Romberg’s ever popular operetta? “The Desert Song,”. will be presented on the' stage of rite Mosque in Richmond for a - one night stand on Saturday, Mar. 84. Brought by the Cosmopolitan Opera Company of Philadelphia, rid* performance will mark the first time the operetta has been presented in Richmond by a professional company.
Conducted by Dr. Theodore - Feinman, one of America’s most prominent musical directors, the .company features a cast of 80 -‘fingers and dancers. ' Mail orders for tickets will b* Accepted now at Thalhimer* TickS- ets will go on sale there March 1. ; -'P ■: ■
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