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mare. “When I was little, there wasn’t (much going on in Rappahannock County. I used to look forward to the county fairs and especially to the gypsy caravans coming through.”
The gypsies had horses and everybody knows tales of their skills at trading. “I wanted to go with them.” Eastham remembered, regret at the lost opportunity still a little evident in his voice.
There's a story that old timers tell on Will Oden, a horse dealer who used to run a livery stable in Washington. One year when the gypsies camped at Rush River, their favorite spot for a lay-over. Oden started trading on Saturday morning. "He ended up on Monday with the same horse he started out
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