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Accommodations
1. The Ashby Inn    www.ashbyinn.com
2. The Battletown Inn  www.thebattletowninn.com
3. Crossed Racquets Inn  www.crossedracquetsinn.com
4. The Blackthorne Inn  www.blackthorne-inn.com                                                                         5. L'Auberge Provencal Bed and Breakfast  www.laubergeprovencal.com
6. The Red Fox Inn  www.redfox.com
7. The Play Garden House   www.theplaygarden.com

Restaurants/Pubs
1. Hunter's Head Tavern  www.huntersheadtavern.com
3. Berryville Grille www.theberryvillegrill.com
4. The Ashby Inn   www.ashbyinn.com
5. The French Hound   www.thefrenchhound.com
6. The Battletown Inn  www.thebattletowninn.com
7. The Blackthorne Inn www.theblackthorne-inn.com
8. The Inn at Little Washington  www.theinnatlittlewashington.com
9.  L'Auberge   www.laubergeprovencal.com

Historical Sites and Museums
1. Cedar Creek Battlefield   www.cedarcreekbattlefield.org
2. Kernstown Battlefield   www.kernstownbattle.org
3. Manassas Battlefield  www.nps.gov/mana
4. Stonewall Jackson Headquarters Museum   www.oldtownwinchesterva.com
5. George Washington's Office Museum  http://www.winchesterhistory.org/george_washington.htm
5. Harpers Ferry ,W.Va   www.harpersferryhistory.org
6. Long Branch Historic House and Farm  www.historiclongbranch.com
7. Belle Grove Plantation  www.bellegrove.org
8. Oatlands Plantation  www.oatlands.com
9. Clarke County Museum and Archives  www.clarkehistory.org
10. Museum of Shenandoah Valley  www.shenandoahmuseum.org
11. Old Court House Civil War Museum in Winchester       http://www.civilwarmuseum.org/
12. Newtown (Stephens City) History Center http://newtownhistorycenter.org/about.php
13. Clermont House http://clermontfarm.org/
14. Josephine School Community Museum http://www.millertek.net/JSCM/

Wineries
1. Barrel Oak Winery    www.barreloak.com
2. Three Fox Vineyards    www.threefoxvineyards.com
3. Cobbler Mountain     www.cobblercellars.com
4. Piedmont Vineyards and Winery   www.piedmontwines.com
5. Boxwood Winery   www.boxwoodwinery.com
6. Chrysalis Vineyards   www.chrysaliswine.com
7. Veramar Vineyards   www.veramar.com
8. Breaux Vineyards    www.breauxvineyards.com
9. Corcoran Vineyards  www.corcoranvineyards.com
10.Tarara Vineyards  www.tarara.com

National Parks
1. Harpers Ferry National Park  www.harpers.ferry.national-park.com
2. Blue Ridge Parkway    www.blueridgeparkway.org
3. Shenandoah National Park  www.nps.gov/shen (shenandoah national park)
4. Sky Meadows State Park http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/sky.shtml
5. State Arboretum Of Virginia at Blandy Farm   www.blandy.virginia.edu

Historical Societies/Organizations
1. Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society   www.winchesterhistory.org
2. French and Indian War Foundation in Winchester   http://frenchandindianwarfoundation.org/
3. Preservation of Historic Winchester http://phwi.org/
4. Virginia Historical Society   www.vahistorical.org
5. Shenandoah County Historical Society   www.shenandoahcountyhistoricalsociety.org
6. Shenandoah Valley Genealogy Society    www.svgs.org

Antique Stores
1. Red Schoolhouse Antiques  www.redschoolhouseantiques.net
2. Mack S Headley & Sons   http://www.headleyandsons.com
3. Iron Gate Antiques http://irongateantiques.com
4. New Life Antiques  http://newlifeantiques.com
5. Hastening Antiques  http://www.hasteningantiques.com
6. Middleburg Antique Emporium  http://www.middleburgantiqueemporium.com/

Tourism
1. Explore Clarke County    www.exploreclarkecounty.com
3. Middleburg Online   www.middleburgonline.com
4. Shenandoah Valley Web    www.shenandoahvalleyweb.com
5. Winchester-Frederick County Convention and Visitors Center   http://www.visitwinchesterva.com/visitor-info/visitor-center
6. Shepherdstown Visitor Center www.shepherdstownvisitorscenter.com
7. Visit Richmond  www.visitrichmondva.com
7. Virginia Tourism    www.virginia.org
9. Civil War Traveler  www.civilwartraveler.com

Grist Mills
1. Colvin Run Mill   http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/wp-history.htm
2. Wade's Mill  http://www.wadesmill.com
3. SPOOM (Society for the Preservation of Old Mills)   www.spoom.org
4. TIMS (The International Molinological Society)   www.molinology.org

Things of Interest
1. Holy Cross Abbey    https://www.virginiatrappists.org/
2. Skyline Caverns- Front Royal  www.skylinecaverns.com
3. Luray Caverns   www.luraycaverns.com
4. Barns of Rose Hill- Berryville   www.barnsofrosehill.org
5. The Opera House- Shepherdstown, W.Va   www.operahouselive.com
6. Patsy Cline Museum-Winchester  www.patsycline.com
7. Elizabeth Locke Jewel Store-Boyce  www.elizabethlocke.com

Profile of a Young Volunteer - Simon McKay Learns While Helping

Simon McKay, currently a student at Virginia Tech has been volunteering at the Burwell-Morgan Mill in Millwood for since 2006, performing a variety of tasks and learning about milling practices from the veteran millers.  Simon is no stranger to history-related endeavors.  In 2006, he created a brochure highlighting ten Civil War battle monuments in Clarke County, providing a driving tour and descriptions of the sites.  He received an achievement award from the Clarke County Historic Preservation Commission for his work.

Through watching the mill gear mechanics at work, bagging flour, dressing the stones, and doing odd jobs around the mill, Simon said he has learned how much work and skill it took to perform the once vital practice of turning wheat and corn into the highly marketable commodity of flour and meal.  He cited transportation and health issues as two of the biggest challenges likely facing 18th- and 19th-century millers.  "They couldn't hop in their trucks to get places and medical care was not nearly as available or developed as it is today," he said.

Simon said he feels like a part of history by spending his Saturdays at the mill and gets the satisfaction of carrying on a tradition, one that was central to the economic, cultural, and social development of this area.  In 2010, Simon wrote the following reflection about his time volunteering at the mill. 

Mill Musings

Every Saturday during the summer and into the fall, I go back in time. I don’t use any advanced technology or magic to return to an era before electricity and automobiles. My portal to the past is a building, the Burwell-Morgan Mill. Whenever I enter the door, the polished floor and damp smell remind me of the endless hours spent bagging flour and cleaning millstones. The Burwell-Morgan Mill is a working, water powered grist mill, built in 1782 by Nathaniel Burwell and Daniel Morgan, of Revolutionary War renown. The mill was originally constructed as a merchant mill, where wheat was ground into flour for shipment to Europe and the West Indies. After more than 220 years of almost continual operation, the mill stands today as a bustling tourist destination, producing meal and flour for curious locals and out-of-towners alike.

For four years I have spent most of my Saturdays, from May to November, continuing the tradition started by my grandfather of volunteering at the mill. My duties there entail filling the hoppers with the unground wheat or corn, bagging the flour and meal, selling the product, cleaning up after the grind, and various other maintenance tasks. I am the youngest volunteer by far; the other staff is much older, many in their sixties and seventies.

When the flow of visitors slows, the range of topics that the docents discuss is unlimited. Often the older volunteers speak of their military service in the Air Force or Navy, but we also discuss local happenings, other people, and various personal experiences. All of us have memorized the Docent Guide which contains all of the necessary information to give tours. However, you can sometimes almost hear the Mill whispering its own history to you, in the way the machinery sounds at full power, the creaking of the beams, and in the lingering breath of uncountable crowds of past visitors and employees.

-  Simon McKay, October 2010