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Feb. 6, 1975: Delegate D. French Slaughter Jr., has announced the appointment of Douglas K. Baumgardner of Washington as his administrative assistant for the current session of the General Assembly. Baumgardner, a 1973 graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a second year law student at the University of Virginia, will be employed by Slaughter on a part-time basis in his Richmond office. In making the announcement, Slaughter stated that he was glad to have the assistance of Baumgardner, “who is a very capable young man who has shown a keen interest in state government.”

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July 7, 1999: The word is out that Tanya Richey is vacating her Windflower Gallery at 307 Main Street, on the corner of Piedmont Street, in Washington. But a sign on the side of the yellow building will still read The Tanya Richey Studio. Mrs Richey vacated the shop on June 1, but she will occupy the apartment above and show her work from there.

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Cora P. Lillard at her home in Washington, Va. She was born Dec. 12, 1884, the daughter of John Milton & Jane Fogg Partlow and married Santie Jackson Lillard. They owned the house next to the Washington School on Mount Salem Avenue. Mrs. Lillard died in 1973, Mr. Lillard in 1933. They are both buried at the Washington Masonic Cemetery.

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The James Robert and Emily Pullen Frye family. Mr. Frye was born Aug. 10, 1859 to James and Frances Pullen Frye. He married Emily Jane Pullen on May 1, 1881. She was the daughter of Pendleton and Emily Pullen. The 1900 census shows they had 8 children: Philip, Robert Marshall, Samuel Jackson, Birtha, Virley, Phoebe, Maggie, and Amy. By 1910 there were three more children: James, "Nervy" Corah, and Call. Mr. Frye died in 1924; Emily in 1940.

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Jan. 20, 1976: A conflict between the Rappahannock Sheriff’s office and the Commonwealth’s Attorney over law enforcement practices and allegedly excessive mileage charges came out in the open at last Friday’s special meeting of the Board of Supervisors, after discussion in a previous executive session.

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On Saturday, customers will be able to go inside the building to order food and coffee, but the convenient store will not yet open for business. There will be a grand reopening on April 22, which will include the convenient store, and Elias said they hope by then to expand the restaurant to also serve Latino cuisine.

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Joseph Mason Anderson, son of Peyton and Sarah Jones Anderson. Mr. Anderson served throughout the Civil War, rising in rank from Corporal to Captain. He was wounded three times, his last being a mortal wound. He died in Richmond Hospital on April 10, 1865 and is buried at the Anderson family cemetery.

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Ellerslie, the property, shown here in the 1920s, was near the intersection of U.S. 211 and Tiger Valley Road. Built by James Jett in 1814, it remained in the Jett family for many years. Ellerslie burned down in 1933, with only a few household items escaping the fire. At the time of the fire, it was owned by Dewey Dejarnette Hudson and his wife Madie Corder Hudson.

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The Blue Ridge Institute was a private girls school in Flint Hill in operation during the early 1900s. It had both day and boarding students, and was held in the Old Spalding House on the corner of Fodderstack Road and 522. The only person identified in the picture is Bessie Corder, second from the right. She married Marvin Bradford Sr.

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Congrats, Flint Hill grads: Pictured is the 1932 or 1933 graduating class of the Flint Hill School. The building now houses the Blue Door Kitchen and Inn. The edifice was constructed in 1908 with elementary through three years of high school being taught there. It closed in 1960, Mrs. Annie Cooke being the principal then. She went on to become the principal at Washington Elementary School.

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June 22, 1978: Heavy rains, hail and a twister assaulted the Amissville area Monday afternoon resulting in damage to buildings and trees and cutting off electric service for five hours. The first storm occurred about 3 p.m. with heavy rain and winds. Shortly after 4 a howling twister blew in.

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Oct. 25, 1984: The Board of Directors of the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service announced this week that it will have to reduce the level of services it provides the Amissville community unless the sum of $5,000 can be raised prior to Jan. 1, 1985.

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October 4, 1962: “Trigger” and Trigger Jr.,” horses of the famous screen and TV personality Roy Rogers, were in Amissville Saturday. Under the supervision of Glen Randall, the horses had been on tour and were enroute to California. They stopped at Hackley’s Store for gas and Mr. Randall talked with Janet Hackley and gave her autographed pictures of the stars.

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Dec. 11, 2003: Dogs howled, chickens jumped from their roosts and old country homes shook as Rappahannock County was rocked by an earthquake Thursday afternoon, centered about 25 miles west of Richmond that measured 4.5 on the Richter scale. There were no reports of property damage or injuries, according to Rappahannock County Sheriff Larry Sherertz.

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April 2008: The Middle Street Gallery Marks 25 Years of Struggles and Triumphs: Rappahannock artist Steven Kenny has paintings in galleries around the world, but he says the Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Va. is a special place for him. “I like exhibiting there because I can really interact with the people who are seeing my work,” says Kenny,