On Route 17 going north from I-95, there are several signs giving the mileage to Morrisville, Virginia. I finally decided to see what was at Morrisville that warranted such notice by the Virginia Department of Transportation. I drove there only to discover that Morrisville is little more than the proverbial wide spot in the road. Have I missed something? I even turned off onto Morrisville Road, thinking it would lead to something more than what I saw on Route 17, but it turned out to be a loop leading back to Route 17.
I googled the city and state names but learned little. There was apparently a skirmish near Morrisville during the Civil War, but given the location, that is hardly surprising.
I shall continue to seek an answer to the question of why there are so many mileage signs for Morrisville. There must be a reason.
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Fredericksburg, Virginia
Publication of The Civil War Diary of Betty Herndon Maury
This is to announce that The Civil War Diary of Betty Herndon Maury will be published by the journal Fredericksburg History and Biography. The entire diary, together with annotations, will be available in early 2011.
Beginning of the Diary of Betty Herndon Maury
Fredericksburg Remembered
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP
Books of Interest
- Team of Rivals
- They Called Stafford Home
- This Republic of Suffering
- Virginia at War 1862
- Confederate Daughters: Coming of Age during the Civil War
- Rodman the Keeper by Constance Fenimore Woolson
- Recollections of a Virginian - by Dabney Herndon Maury
- WPA Guide to Virginia
- The Fredericksburg Campaign, by Francis Augustin O'Reilly
- Stonewall Jackson, by James I. Robertson, Jr.
- Battle Cry of Freedom, by James McPherson
- A Slave No More by David W. Blight
2 comments:
Maybe it has it's own road sign because Franklin mine is located right near Morrisville??? Sometimes known as Deep Run Mine, it was the first mine in Fauquier county, opened in 1825.
See the blog entry dated February 6, 2008 for an explanation of the importance of Morrisville, Virginia.
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