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VIRGINIA CRIGLER
“Come dig with me,” urged Professor Robert Hodge of Germanna Community College, in speaking to forty members and guests of the Culpeper Minute Mm Chapter NSDAR at a luncheon meeting held at Lake of the Woods Wednesday, October 10.
Professor Hodge has put in over 300 hours of volunteer work on the excavation of the home site of Virginia’s 1710-1722 acting Governor, Alexander Spotswood, just across the highway from Germanna. Hodge has spent five previous summers in fossil digging in areas out of the state of Virginia.
Professor Hodge related the early happens of Governor Spotswood after obtaining land around the area now known as Germanna. Spotswood, to keep in favor with Queen Ann of England named Rapid Ann river for the Queen and also Germanna.
On a three acre plot across from Germanna College is the spot where Governor Spotswood’s castle stood, so records show. These acres have been purchased from John Reynolds by the Gordonsville Historical Society and excavations were made from April to August 1964. From the digging it is thought that the castle was 80 feet long with a chimney in the center. Parts of the tile flow have been uncovered, lots of glass, nails, brick, etc. Excavation of this site will begin May 1966 and Professor Hodge is begging for volunteers who are really interested in coming to dig with him.
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