Belle Boyd’s Dash to Stone by J Ackley
Belle Boyd, a Martinsburg native, spied for the Confederacy in Front Royal during the Civil War. Hidden in a closet she overheard a Union council, rode 15 miles through enemy lines to deliver a coded message to Col Turner Ashby, aiding Stonewall Jackson’s movement into the Shenandoah Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Front Royal
Belle Boyd
Belle
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Fishback
Strickler House Apts
Main St
Shields
Peninsula
Richmond
Gen
McDowell
Fredericksburg
Col
Turner Ashby
Stonewall Jackson
Shield
Jackson
Royal
Riverton
Maryland
Front Royal Firms Highlight Regional Industry Leaders
The dominant FMC Corp. shapes life in Front Royal, while Riverton Corp. operates a century old site. Riverton makes masonry cement crushed stone and agricultural limestone shipped across an east coast network. Old Virginia Inc. mails jams jellies and apple products nationwide from Warren County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Old Virginia, Inc
Warren
John Clarke
John T. Lovell
Front Royal Warren
Riverton Corp
Front Royal and Warren County A Civil War Heritage
This account covers Front Royal’s early formation as Warren County seat in 1836, its role as a railroad town, and Civil War battles including Jackson’s Valley Campaign. It notes Belle Boyd’s spy exploits, Mosby’s Rangers, local industries, and later economic revival with firms like Old Virginia Inc. and Allied Chemical.
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Warren Rifles
Fort Sumpter
Warren Blues
Warren County
Joseph Warren
Shenandoah
Frederick
Front Royal
Winchester
Luray
Virginia
Warren
Mark T. Wheatly
Robert H. Simpson
Stonewall Jackson
Maryland
Front Royal-Warren
Belle Boyd
Mosby’s Rangers
Front Royal Area Industries
Allied Chemical Corp
Old Virginia, Inc
Pullman Couch Co
Front Royal Profile: Notable Local Figures Highlighted
A Front Royal profile piece features Susan Burke Pat Robinson Jim Ackley Roy E Potts III and Ken Morrison with color photos graphics by J Miles Cary and black and white photos by Gene Rhodes J Miles Cary and Roy E Potts III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Color
J. Miles Cary
Susan Burke
Pat Robinson
Jim Ackley
Roy E. Potts III
Ken Morrison
Gene Rhodes
J. Miles Cary and
Also Mentioned on This Page
Confederate States of America
James Shields
Fishback Hotel
America
Pittsburgh
FMC Corp
New York City
Savannah
Michigan
Indiana
Daniel Morgan
Peter Muhlenburg
Francis Asbury
Long Road
Lane’s Tavern
Main and Water Sts
Robert Turner
Joshua
McKay
Isaac Overall
Europe
Manassas Gap
Prospect Hill Cemetery
J.N. Major Jr
Mt. Home
N.C
Pullman Coach Co
Cleveland
Tenn
Gaston Huckaby
Huckaby
United States
Allied Chemical
Goodby
Old Capital
Washington
Sam Wylde Hardinge
England
Hardinge
Stonewall’ Jackson
Confederate Museum Interior
Ster
Rhuges
Skyline Drive
Doug O’connell
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