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Jeffersonton on its way back to Alexandria. Arriving in Alexandria, they would take a local coach over to Georgetown and then connect with the Winchester Line.

The Orange and Alexandria railroad came to Culpeper in 1854 and that made traveling a little easier. In modem times, we take it for granted that we can get to Winchester in one hour. The modem day trip to downtown Washington, D C., however, is not much quicker that it was in 1851!

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