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Colorado has been promoted to Chief Master Sergeant. Brown is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Brown of Sperryville and has served 21 years with the Air Force.
25 Years Ago
Thursday, Feb. 7, 1974
The Mt. Marshall Fire Road, a trail used by hikers and horseback riders in Rappahannock County for nearly 50 years, has been closed at two points by owners of 25 acre subdivision lots who live along it. The Fire Road begins at State Route 625 and winds up toward Mt. Marshall in the Shenandoah National Park. Along the top of the ridge, it intersects with the Skyline Drive and Bluff Trail for hikers. The Fire Road is also used as an access route to the Appalachian Trail which runs along the far side of the Skyline Drive at the top of the mountain. No one seems to know exactly when or by whom the Fire Road was built. The Rappahannock Historical Society was reactivated Monday evening with a meeting and election of officers held at the courthouse in Washington. President James F. Massie stated that henceforth meetings will be held three times a year, in February, May and October. He declared the purpose of Monday’s meeting to set up projects for the coming year and to define the aims of the society. El Rancho Grande Eileenmere 046, an Angus bull owned by Ray T. Cannon of Castleton, was the top performing Angus bull at the Red
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