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This is just a small expanse of one of my favorite places in Madison County. The view takes you by surprise. You drive down off a heavily wooded hill and suddenly it opens up to breathtaking beauty. But of course there is always the inevitable. A vast portion of the valley has been purchased by a land developer. Five acre lots with cookie-cutter MacMansions coming soon.
The late 1600s saw colonial frontiersmen in America trekking across Virginia to forge into the West. In the early 1700s a colony of Germans, seeking a new homeland, settled here in the flatlands rather than cross the daunting Blue Ridge Mountains. It was no picnic; they faced a harsh winter and many starved. The survivors eked out a successful community in this valley that is still in evidence today.
this small, beautiful valley is just down the road from my home. If I panned the camera right just a wee little bit there would be another view of Old Rag. :) This valley is home to the Hebron Lutheran church, built 303 years ago and in continuous us since then, and one day perhaps I will share photos of that. But not today. Today is mowing grass day! It seems to keep growing no matter what the world situation is!
In 1717 German settlers came to Virginia, working as indentured servants in an iron ore mine that was owned by Governor Spotswood. In 1725, with the indentured time satisfied, about 60 families, braving a meager harvest and a harsh winter, headed west towards the Blue Ridge to settle on their own land along the Robinson River near what became the known as Hebron Valley. Well, not quite their own land. Native Americans inhabited the area, and an outpost fort was established, a safe resting place for folks who would supply up for the trip over the mountains.
In 1740, the Hebron Church was built and still stands as the oldest continuously used Lutheran church in the US (obviously not in this photo).
The severely deteriorated fort stood until the 1970s when it was dismantled to make open pastures for farming and cattle. One of the old, nondescript doors from the fort stands in my house today. The crops pictured here are soybeans with corn in the distance.
The eastbound 9 AM excursion to Staunton and back passes through Hebron, just before a short pause at La Grange to wait on traffic ahead.
Boone Fork Creek, Foscoe, NC
This is Boone Fork Creek just above Hebron Falls. This was taken before the big rain and wind storm so I'm sure it looks very different now.
Originally the building was the Hebron Savings Bank. In 1981 The bank swapped their building for land owned by the town across the street to expand. The town spent $30,000 renovating the building to make it into town hall.
Alden-Hebron High School is the smallest school to win the Illinois High School Boys Basketball Championship. In 1952, with an enrollment of 98 students, the boys team won the state title with an overtime victory over Quincy. At the time, all Illinois schools competed for a single championship, regardless of enrollment. The town's water tower is painted to look like a basketball in commemoration of the event.
Hebron, Illinois 42.471495, -88.433470
September 24, 2023
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Since 1740, the oldest building in the United States in continuous use as a Lutheran Church.
About eleven miles out of Raton, Amtrak number three makes it's way through quiet Hebron, New Mexico. December 02, 2021.
Pottery is a long established industry in Hebron. This particular pottery is said to date back several hundred years.
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