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My Visits to Schuyler, Virginia (The Real Waltons Mountain) |
 | | Schuyler, Virginia, is a pleasant community of 400 residents nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in central Virginia, about 70 miles west of Richmond. |
 | | As Schuyler fell on hard times, though, the high school was converted to an elementary school and eventually, in 1991, it was closed and converted to a Community Center. |
 | | In fact, the area in Nelson County (where Schuyler is located) and adjoining Albermarle County contains the largest soapstone deposit in Virginia, and one of the largest in the U.S. With the increasing popularity of synthetic materials during the 1900s, though, the demand for soapstone tumbled along with, unfortunately, the fate of Schuyler. |
| www.delsjourney.com /close-ups/us/waltons/schuyler_virginia.htm (2373 words) |
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