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Attractions and Events in
and around Lucketts
Ball's Bluff Battlefield Regional Park's
seven miles of trails and one of the
smallest national cemeteries give visitors
" an honest reminder of the Civil War's
impact on Northern Virginia and the rest
of the country. " Balls Bluff Road.
Faith Like a Mustard Seed Farm
offers a farmer's market and wedding
venue. 42906 Lucketts Road.
operations. The " Gray Ghost " and his
partisans kept thousands of federal troops
busy while the Confederate army moved.
In the Lucketts area, Mosby's Rangers
" celebrated " the Fourth of July in 1864
with their own fireworks. They fired
artillery at a canal boat transporting federal
Treasury employees near Point of Rocks.
With shells flying overhead, the boat went
aground. Passengers and crew jumped ashore
and ran in every direction while rangers
grabbed liquor, cigars and everything they
wanted before burning the boat.
" The rangers then cut telegraph lines,
threw logs across the railroad tracks, hid
and waited for an oncoming Union train, "
Civil War historian Donald Hakenson says.
A few minutes later, the train's engineer
frantically blew his whistle to stop the train
after he saw the boat's smoke, but it was
too late. Mosby's men opened fire. Rangers
plundered passengers who did not escape.
The next morning, four young
Loudoun women stealthily crossed the
Potomac River near Lucketts to obtain
apparel in Maryland for Confederate
soldiers. After collecting and hiding
goods, Union soldiers caught the
" shoppers " and took them to prison.
Washington officials threatened to hang
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them as spies. Fortunately for the women,
who almost " shopped 'til they dropped, "
officials paroled them after three weeks.
The plucky women recovered their
contraband and crossed the river in a skiff
with heavy boots and cloth dangling
inside their hoop skirts.
Postwar Loudoun:
Turning Milk into Wine
After the war, dairy farming, apple
harvesting and horse breeding entered
Loudoun County's agricultural mix. By the
1930s, many farmers longed for electricity.
With financial help from the New Deal's
Rural Electrification Administration,
farmers formed an electric cooperative in
1939 - called NOVEC today.
In the 1960s, some Loudoun fields
of grain became Dulles Airport runways.
Farms began sprouting housing
developments instead of crops, and dairy
farmers seemed to be turning milk
into wine.
Today, 44 wineries and 23 breweries
in the county lure tourists and residents
with not just tastings, but entertainment,
local foods, special events and -
most importantly - beautiful
countryside vistas. 
Lovettsville's Oktoberfest is Sept. 28-29,
in a town founded by German immigrants.
Two locations: East Pennsylvania Avenue
and Town Center Drive.
Waterford Fair is Oct. 5-7 near Clarke's
Gap Road in this National Historic
Landmark village.
Wineries, Breweries and
Eateries in and near Lucketts
Barnhouse Brewery
43271 Spinks Ferry Road
Fabbioli Cellars
5669 Limestone School Road
Hidden Brook Winery
43301 Spinks Ferry Road
The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm
42461 Lovettsville Road
Roots 657 Café and Local Market
42301 Spinks Ferry Road
Tarara Winery
13648 Tarara Lane
Vanish Farmwoods Brewery
42264 Black Hops Lane
The Vineyards & Winery at Lost Creek
43285 Spinks Ferry Road
Winery 32
15066 Limestone School Road
References:
Guide to Virginia's Civil War,
civilwartraveler.com
William S. Connery, Civil War: Northern Virginia
1861, copyright 2011
Donald C. Hakenson and Charles V. Mauro, A
Tour Guide and History of Col. John S. Mosby's
Combat Operations in Loudoun County, Virginia,
copyright 2016
VisitLoundoun.org
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