Crozet’s Blue Ridge Tunnel Now Open to the Public
网页2020年12月7日 · The Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel Trail opened for the public Saturday, November 21. The 4,273-foot abandoned train tunnel lies below the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in Afton. The trail is now open daily from sunrise to sunset, according to Claire Richardson, director of Nelson County Parks and Recreation.
Crabtree Falls: A Virginia Landmark - Crozet Gazette
网页2019年8月2日 · Crabtree Falls is the highest vertical-drop cascading waterfall east of the Mississippi River. It has a series of five major cascades, the tallest of which drops about 400 feet, and a number of smaller ones that fall a distance of 1,200 feet. It is located off Route 56 in the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County and is in the ...
Secrets of the Blue Ridge: Col. Claudius Crozet ... - Crozet Gazette
网页2019年3月12日 · Lieut. Alfred St. Armand Crozet, son, died April 23, 1855, aged 33.”. Claudius Crozet lived with his family at 100 East Main Street, Richmond, 1824–1832 (owned by Crozet 1828–’32 according to biographers Hunter and Dooley), including the years that he served as Principal Engineer for the Virginia Board of Public Works.
The Rothwell Family Cemetery in Old Trail | Crozet Gazette
网页2021年2月5日 · Three of their children – Eliza J. Rothwell, Annie E. Rothwell Woods, and a son, Mannis R. Rothwell, are buried in the cemetery as is Ada Estell Wood Parrish, one of Fielding’s granddaughters. Fielding died from a fall at Greenwood in about 1855 and is also believed to be buried in the cemetery. Mannis Rothwell Gravestone.
In the Garden: Snowbell, Not to be Confused with Silverbell
网页2014年6月5日 · The former goes by Japanese snowbell, while the latter is known as Fragrant Snowbell. Japanese snowbell may grow to 20-25 feet and will flower in early to mid-May. It does not have any significant fall color, but the bark is an interesting, smooth gray with brown fissures. Some of the better cultivars: ‘Carillon,’ a small weeping tree ...
Sam’s Hot Dogs Coming Soon to Downtown Crozet
网页2012年10月5日 · 2065. Donna and Jeff Mahan. A Sam’s Hot Dog store will open in the old Fruit Grower’s warehouse in downtown Crozet in mid-October. Jeff and Donna Mahan of Crozet have taken over a space once occupied by Subway. They have gutted it and put in new floors, furniture, counters, bathrooms and kitchen equipment.
Science to Live By: Maple Syrup—A Sweet Mystery
网页2018年6月10日 · It is also possible to tap a little sap in the fall when days are warm and nights are cold. Typically, 40 to 50 gallons of sap are required to make 1 gallon of syrup. To transform maple sap—which is typically 98 percent water and only 2 percent sugar—into an energy-rich and flavorful syrup containing 66 percent sugar, it must be concentrated.
Light at the End of the Tunnel: Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel Nears ...
网页2020年2月8日 · The Claudius Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel restoration project will provide a 2 ½ mile hike from the eastern trailhead in Nelson County, through the 4360’ tunnel, to the end of the western trail in Augusta County. Crozet began work on the tunnel in 1849, when he was 60 years old. Undertaken a decade before the invention of dynamite, Irish workers ...
School Division Purchases Land Adjacent to Henley
网页2024年8月2日 · Albemarle County Public Schools (ACPS) has purchased a 10-acre parcel in Crozet as part of the school division’s long-range plan to acquire land in areas of the county where future growth is projected. The parcel is on the northeast corner of the intersection of Old Trail Drive and Rt. 250 and backs …
A Peek at the Peaks: Naming Crozet’s Mountains
网页2018年9月7日 · Bucks Elbow Mountain rises majestically over Crozet to the west, as seen from the roof of Mountainside Senior Living in downtown Crozet. Photo: Clover Carroll. “Lift thine eyes, oh, lift thine eyes to the mountains, whence cometh thy help” counsels a soaring, lush trio for women’s voices from Felix Mendelssohn’s 1846 oratorio, Elijah ...