Tag: Boydton
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1907 Boydton Court Drama
A train bandit. Women thinking romantic thoughts about the bandit, or plans to rescue him. A detective on the trail, then the court room scene. Sounds like a movie plot right? But this courtroom scene happened in Boydton, about a train robbery in LaCrosse 113 years ago. The Sheriff of Mecklenburg was Sheriff Beales. The […]
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Boydton train depot
When I first saw this picture, I wondered where the depot was? I’d been to Boydton several times but had not seen a depot. I’m told it had been torn down, and that it used to be located on the south side of the tracks on Washington street, (the street seen crossing the tracks in […]
Julie's Mecklenburg, Virginia Discoveries 