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other families for generations, would love to have closer neighbors. For the most part, they were wrong.

Land was chosen in Rappahannock, Madison, Greene, Rockingham and Page counties.

In Ida Valley, near Luray, construction actually began, with 28 homesteads laid out. Then construction halted, mired in legal complications. Park residents were offered an extension and encouraged to plan for spring gardens.

Finally, in April, a political maneuver by Gov. Peery allowed the work to begin again. The delays gave rise to more and more rumors among the residents and more distress among the rangers who brought wood and food to the trapped residents, living under edicts that gravely restricted their ability to survive.

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