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In your article about Round Hill, in the Piedmont Virginian, you were misinformed as to the reason Purcellville outgrew Round Hill. The railroad came to Round Hill in 1873 and it was the end of the track until 1900 when the track extended to Bluemont. This did Round Hill no good.
Now if you will look at the map, you will see that roads extend out of Purcellville like spokes out of a wheel. Route 7 east and west, 287 northeast to Lovettsville, 690 to Hillsboro, 690 southwest to Silcott Springs and Philomont and 722 to Lincoln.
Between 1912 and 1920 some 14 miles of these roads had been Macadami- t zed. This was done by the citizens paying one-fourth, the county one-fourth and the state one-half.
The road from Purcell- - ville to Hillsboro has been where it is for over a hundred years and part of it follows a patent line that was cut through the woods before there was a house in Purcellville.
Keep up the good work.
Terry Hirst
Purcellville P.S.— I do not know that they drove a golden spike when the railroad reached Round Hill, but when the first train came in the celebration was so general that when they got around to turning the engine around, it was rocked off the track and a man was killed.
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