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Bodie Chronicled Rockbridge’s History

Bodie Chronicled Rockbridge’s History — CHARLES BODIE stands in front of Col Alto in 2023, shortly after the publication of “James McDowell of Virginia: The Perils of an Antebellum Southern Reformer.” McDowell, a Lexington resident and Virginia’s 29th governor, built Col Alto in 1827 as a plantation house for his 328-acre farm. (N-G file photo)

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