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Memories: Joanne Mellender Hollis
Joanne Mellender Hollis first moved to Fairfax as a child in 1932. She remembers activities of her childhood and life during World War II, when German prisoners-of-war were assigned to work on her family farm.
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, world war ii
Oak Hill Memories: Bernice Watt Montgomery
Bernice Watt Montgomery lived the first ten years of her life at Oak Hill when it was a 50-acre working farm. Her grandfather had purchased the property in 1889 for $900. She tells of her family and remembers her childhood on the historic property…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, historic site, oak hill
Oak Hill Memories: Mary Grace Watt Pulley
Mary Grace Watt Pulley lived the first seventeen years of her life at Oak Hill when it was a 50-acre working farm. Her grandfather had purchased the property in 1889 for $900. She tells of her family and remembers her childhood on the historic…
Tags: agriculture, childhood, education, historic site, oak hill