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many types of people who come here!” O’Bannon, who often devotes seven days a week to his work, says he enjoys it. and addes that “ . . . it’s interesting to see what people are interested in buying."
Though its halls are no longer graced by students and faculty, the Emporium continues to foster a bustling surge of activity that is, perhaps, not unlike the lively atmosphere which must have characterized its past.
This August, the Sperryville Emporium will celebrate its tenth anniversary. but as a monument which provides Rappahannock natives with a continuing legacy of what once was, the structure celebrates much more.
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Modern towboats, with diesel engines up to 9.000 horsepower, can push a fleet of barges longer than an ocean liner.
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