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Ihe German settlers who first Ventured into the Hebron Valley over 250 years ago and settled what is now Madison County might have called the period were are now in Oktoberfest.

It is now known as the Apple Harvest, the fete des Vendanges, or “Sorghum Season.”

But by whatever name, the beginning of autumn is an exhilarating, enchanting, and breathtaking beautiful time of year in the foothill of the Blue Ridge Mountaons.

Longtime residents, relatives newcomers, and first-time visitors revel in the sunny autumn days and crisp, cool mornings and evenings as nature sharply defines the lofty mountain ridges from the deep blue sky and brushes the fields and leaves '' with vibrant colors.

Highlights of this October are if the annual Graves’ Mountain Lodge Apple Harvest Festival in Syria, the

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