Stories tagged "Quicksburg": 6
Stonewall Jackson High School
In 1959 the Shenandoah County School Board constructed a new high school named after a Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. This school was one of three high schools in Shenandoah County built at that time.
The new school building housed…
Arion Store
The photograph shows the Arion family on the porch of their store in Quicksburg Virginia. From left to right is an unidentified man, Worthington Arion, Catherine Arion, Bessie Arion, William Arion, and Marvin D. Arion.
This family would operate…
Zirkle Store
Sometime in the late 19th century Captain T. J. Adams operated a general store in Quicksburg Virginia. He died in 1904 and Clarence Lafayette Zirkle bought the business. Zirkle would have sold a wide array of items ranging from dry goods to farm…
William Clem Saloon
William Clem sold alcohol at an establishment in Quicksburg Virginia around 1885.
Third Hill at De Mello Vineyards
Wine production at this site near Quicksburg began in 2014. Ed and Wendy De Mello currently manage six acres of vines and a tasting room which opened in 2015.
Montgomery "Gummery" Click Still
On September 19 1924 the Woodstock Times and Edinburg Sentinel Combined reported Montgomery "Gummer" Click was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for operating and still and for forcing his step son to help him distill liquor. Montgomery had…