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changed and Fauquier was separated from Prince William.
The English, Scottish, Welsh and Germans were among the first folks that came. Actually, they hoped to find gold as the Spanish had. But when they was not the case they first settled for tobacco raising—they learned about that from the Indians.
Another profitable crop was sassafras.
Canals popped up everywhere, as products had to get to the ports to the ships. So communities grew up around the ports—Falmouth, Alexandria. The tobacco industry, which the King of England called “the infernal weed” gave way to the growing of small grains, especially wheat.
The area managed very well until the War Between the States, when Sheridan’s Army was ordered to destroy everything and bum even the crops as an army could not survive without food. The area was devastated.
But a surprising situation occurred—at least surprising to the audience—what really gave a boost to the community was the red fox, yes the red fox.
Folks in Orange County, New York, enjoyed fox hunting. They found out that Virginia winters were not too cold for fox hunting, so they
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