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son live in a 100-year-old restored farmhouse at the foot of the mountains where Grandfather Dwyer ran a sawmill until the 1930s, when the creation of Shenandoah National Park forced the family into the foothills.

“I haven’t thought much about it,” says Sam Dwyer, when asked whether it’s a coincidence that he’s returned to his grandfather’s craft.

Whatever attracted Mr. Dwyer, Mr. Bird, Mr. Dove and Mr. Hitt to running their sawmills, this much is clear: it’s a benefit to the county. Mr. Hitt says house-framing lumber that would cost $35,000 at a lumber yard can be had from him for $2,500.

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