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f«A |>.*S > /**: 'i*§*mf ^F< z^yJL^ 1/^^^^^% RK* > *._/ Jl j>ew ir J SP JSFebruary 4(';^.4*?><t|JE DOLLAR 3tl SH *** ^ !-^ ^ ^ sfe: ; Ws^ i)W^ ', dm* mM / ^'SP*N%Sa«§^ ?xac*..' «g - -•'. ^Sll mm l%- Sag* '..-, ^flfo-r-riv'^iec TfTfnlff Sll3^«u^ -.«%»< by Dwight Dyke and Tim Wright T 1 T- Virginia's Shenandoah Valley " Shenandoah Vallei/hornandhred. m ' // U nli\ke the Valley because it's so peacefuland there is so much to seeand there'sa lotofhistory. It's just like living in a magic world. The big trees,just blowing in the wind. The birds, the biggrassy meadows with thecowsgrazing. . . — EmilyGreene,age8,AugustaCounty VIRGINIA WILDLIFE Above:Fallontheslopesofthe BlueRidge.Farleft:Latespring in RockbridgeCounty. Left:Civil WarreenactmentoftheBattleof CedarCreek,Middletown (FrederickCounty). "q ^J guess not many places are unsettled like this. Someplaces are justfull ofhouses." — JodyGreene,age12,AugustaCounty FEBRUARY 1994 Above:BlueRidgeParkway,RockbridgeCounty. Oppositepage:ScottMasonofFront Royal(farright).George WashingtonNationalForest(middle right). WinternearVesuvius(topright). VIRGINIAWILDLIFE here isa certain peaceabout the mountains. Theyhavea wayofmaking whatever tension,orproblemsyou have seem pretty insignificant." — ScottMason,age38,FrontRoyal FEBRUARY 1994 In theValley,memoriesoftheCivil Warnever dieandreenactmentsoffamousbattleshelpkeep themalive.Asastrategicandhighlyprized regionforboththeConfederacyandtheUnion, theShenandoah Valleywasprotectedby StonewallJacksonandhisforcesuntilhisdeath atChancellorsvillein 1863.InOctoberof1864, theBattleofCedarCreekinMiddletown (top) resultedina Unionvictorywhichfinallyplaced theValleyofVirginiain Unionhandsforthe restofthe War.Right:TheBattleofNew MarketwasfoughtonMay15, 1864,one-half milesouthofNewMarkettoMt.Jackson.Ina grueling4-dayhikefromLexington,257 VirginiaMilitaryInstitute(VMI)cadetsjoined 4,500Confederatesoldierstostandagainsta Unionforceof6,000,echoingStonewall Jackson'sfamousbattlecry: "TheInstitutewill beheardfromtoday!"Above:Thehistoric Burwell-MorganMillnearMillwood(Clarke County). VIRGINIA WILDLIFE // / here werea lot ofCivil War battlesfought in thearea...Iwouldgo out with myfatherandgrandfatheron days aftera heavy rain and wed walkaround some ofthefields where weknew therehad been battles. And usually in theseplowedfields, the rain would wash awaya lot ofthedirt andyou couldfind bullets. Buta lot ofthat has been paved overand developments put up." — ScottMason,FrontRoyal FEBRUARY 1994 "C7 was ra/sed on afarm. And we had wheat plant- Wed ed. We'd cut it and put it on shocks...Make hay. have to haul it in the ham." — VirginiaMeyers,age82,Dayton(RockinghamCounty) 10 VIRGINIA WILDLIFE