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and the Valley Turnpike. The stretch was to be called Lee Boulevard. As noted above, someone driving eastward on Lee Boulevard toward Washington, D.C., was expected to rise to the crest of Arlington Heights and be presented with a striking panorama of the capital city spread out befotfc them. Remnants of the original 200foot right-of-way still exist along Route 50 west of Fort Myers.
Remarkably, Route 211 starting at Warrenton and running westward through Fauquier, Culpeper, Rappahannock, and Page County to New Market carries the boulevard concept down to the present day. The dual lane highway with a wide median, sweeping up and down through rural farmland, with spectacular views presented from mountain passes, still evokes the original vision of Dr. Samuel Myrtle Johnson. But, it is again feared that creeping urban sprawl will nullify the idea of a rural thoroughfare.
And so we come to the end of this initial series on how Rappahannock County “got out of the mud” of dirt roads and helped bring Lee Highway through the county. Remnants of Old Lee Highway still exist in the county as narrow offshoots from the modernized Lee Highway. They dip down into dells and rise again to meet Route 211, snaking back and forth along the east-west length of the county. There once was a time when pleasure driving was in vogue, when the changing seasons and improvements in homes and fields were quietly observed by the discerning eyes of those on journeys. Perhaps this historic legacy needs to be remembered.
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