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George F. Pollock
GEORGE FREEMAN POLLOCK (1869-1949) was the founder, builder and manager of the Skyland Resort in Virginia. He was born in 1869, the son of George H. Pollock, a prosperous Washington, D.C. importer,...view moreGEORGE FREEMAN POLLOCK (1869-1949) was the founder, builder and manager of the Skyland Resort in Virginia. He was born in 1869, the son of George H. Pollock, a prosperous Washington, D.C. importer, and Louise Pollock, a pioneer in American kindergartens and who wrote and transcribed journals, song books and education manuals. He studied taxidermy at the Smithsonian Institution under Dr. William T. Hornaday, who in 1886 asked him to collect specimens of small animals. When Pollock’s father suggested that his son do so on Virginia’s Stony Man Mountain, Pollock Jr. fell in love with the scenic splendor of the region, and set out to share his enthusiasm with others by creating a rustic resort…
STUART ELLETT BROWN (1916-2004) was an American lawyer, author and editor. Born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Stuart Ellett Brown Sr. and Dakota Janney Best Brown, he graduated from the University of Virginia and was admitted to the Virginia State Bar Association and Maryland Bar. He practiced law in Baltimore, Md. and Berryville, Va., and served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a member of numerous organizations, including the Virginia Historical Society, and past president of the Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter of the University Alumni Association. He was the author of Annals of Blackwater and the Land of Canaan (1959) and The Horses of Arlington (1964).
HARRY FLOOD BYRD SR. (1887-1966) was an American newspaper publisher and political leader of the Democratic Party in Virginia for four decades as head of a political faction that became known as the Byrd Organization. He was instrumental in the creation of Shenandoah National Park, as well as the Skyline Drive, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the Virginia state park system. Shenandoah National Park’s main visitor center is named in his honor, and the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over the James River in Big Island was named and dedicated to him in 1985.view less