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Backroads: The Civilian Conservation Corps

Backroads: The Civilian Conservation Corps

351st Company, Camp 8, Sherando, Virginia

1983 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the construction of the CCC Camp located at Sand Spring, south of Sherando. The initials stand for Civilian Conservation Corps, an organization begun by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in an effort to curb unemployment during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Camp 8 was one of five such camps in the Pedlar district that housed more than a thousand young men during its nine years of existence.

The 351st Company was organized at Fort Monro ... Read more

Where to Buy a Weekend House—on a Budget

Second-House Hunting

Where to buy, on three different budgets.

$500,000 Max

Colonial Beach, Virginia Just sold: A 2,000-square-foot house with a water view plus three bedrooms and baths for $269,900. Lost River, ... Read more

Wintergreen Resort Profile

Wintergreen Resort offers great views from its great location in the heart of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains. Wintergreen is also a bona fide year-round resort — offering golf, tennis, a spa, swimming, and many other activities.

Winte ... Read more

How McKee Foods, producer of Little Debbie, was built to las

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The McKee Foods story began in 1934 during the height of the Great Depression when founder O.D. McKee began selling 5-cent snack cakes from the back of his car. Soon after, he and his wife, Ruth, bought a small bakery on Main Street ... Read more

Hershey workers at Virginia plant vote against unionization

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Hershey workers at the company's Stuarts Draft, Virginia, plant voted against unionizing, according to preliminary data provided by the company. The final tally from the vote showed 843 (79%) were against unionizing and 225 (21%) in favor.

The facility, which makes Reese's, Almond Joy and other confections, has about 1,400 workers. Currently, two of Hershey's seven plants are unionized.

The decision to oppose unionizing bucks what has been a broader trend across the U.S. where workers at compan ... Read more

Linda Mae Nichols Brummage

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United States of America US Virgin Islands United States Minor Outlying Islands Canada Mexico, United Mexican States Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Cuba, Republic of Dominican Republic Haiti, Republic of Jamaica Afghanistan Albania ... Read more

Santa’s Wonderland Returns To Southwest Florida At Bass Pr

Santa’s Wonderland Returns To Southwest Florida At Bass Pro Shops

How is it possible it’s already that time of year again? Santa Claus is coming to town and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome the jolly old guy back to Southwest ... Read more

CORRECTION: Pacific Resorts Group Enters Asset Purchase Agre

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Pacific Group Resorts (PGRI) has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (APA) to buy Vermont’s Jay Peak Resort for $58 million, The Storm Skiing Journal has learned.

The sale of Jay is not final, and is still “su ... Read more