| I bet it was pretty hard to pick up girls if you had the Black Death. | -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey | ||
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| I bet it was pretty hard to pick up girls if you had the Black Death. | -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey | ||
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Borgo Pass NWN Persistant World |
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4.5 miles north of Zion Church). In Modest Town, so the story goes, the old stage used to stop in front of a boarding house run by two very prim and proper ladies. A nearby village was known as Helltown; this place, by comparison, became known as Modest Town.
In the early 1800s, this was one of the largest towns on the peninsula; today you can zip through it almost before you know it, though it deserves attention. Modest Town Baptist Church was founded in 1829, and this building dates from 1922; the cemetery across the street is landscaped to complement the church, and the best view of the church is from that direction. (Older gravestones are behind the church.) *Kegotank (Turn right on #681 and travel 2 miles to water) was an old mansion that once stood south of town, but all the homes there today are modern; the view at the road's end is nice, and there is a pier and a ramp for boats. Tanyard House stands on the corner in the center of the village, a quaint little house of serveral sections. The oldest part, in the "saltbox" style so rare in this region, dates from the early 1700s.
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*OFF 13: The Eastern Shore of Virginia Guidebook. Mariner, Kirk. Copyrighted by Kirk Mariner. Miona Publications. 1987 New Church, VA. 180 pages.
OFF 13 is a great book for those who wish to learn more about the history of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, especially the indvidual towns and historic landmarks. A must for any historian of such an area with so little written literature pertaining to its rich heritage.
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