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time to see what more he could learn on the subject. He walked the fields and mountains seeking locations he had been told about. The information he gleaned from his research, pictures, articles, anecdotes, and other materials filled scores of notebooks that he meticulously arranged and cataloged. When asked a question about an historical county event he would stop and tell you what he knew. He was not always forthcoming with the source of his information but would verbally tell you his understanding of the event.

Over the years Pete and his family donated various artifacts to museums and provided information to other researchers. He was especially fond of relating that a large grinding stone from the Estes Grist Mill on US 211 just west of Sperryville was in the collection of the

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