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The small manual, titled “ Mitchell’s New Travelers Guide Thfough the United States” was published in 1851 and gives schedules and routes for stagecoaches.
According to this guide, if you lived in the present day Viewtown area during the early 1850s, the closest point to catch the stage coach would be at JefTersonton, Va. This line traveled from Alexandria to Lynchburg and back. It made 19 stops along the way. A local resident, during that time, by horse or wagon,
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