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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Woke up this morning to discover we had another major downpour last night. My back yard could now qualify the house as waterfront property. The good news is that the end may be near for the Dismal Swamp fire. Here is an article from yesterday's Suffolk News Herald.
I believe George Washington gave it the name Dismal Swamp. I'm not sure about that, but he was one of the first to survey it.
EDIT: In 1728, William Byrd II, while leading a land survey to establish a boundary between the Virginia and North Carolina colonies, made many observations of the swamp, none of them favorable. He is credited with naming it the Dismal Swamp. — Wikipedia.
EDIT: In 1763, George Washington visited the area, and he and others founded the Dismal Swamp Company, a venture to drain the swamp and clear it for settlement. Later the company turned to the more profitable goal of timber harvesting. — Ibid. |
Sounds like it belongs in The Princess Bride .....
Take care and take cover, Stitchawl! I read about that storm yesterday and thought of you.