Booth, the Garretts and an Invitation to Tea

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Regarding the ferry, the new owners of Belle Grove plantation on the Port Conway side of the Rappahannock either told me last year or have on their website that the ferry actually belonged to Belle Grove, not to Champe Thornton. I had never heard that either.

As for the beautiful Riverview Farm of the Lightfoots in Port Royal, it had a rather famous owner in the 20th century that few people today have even heard of. However, he never got to live in the home. His name was Richard Halliburton, and he was a well-known travel writer and world adventurer in the 1920s and 30s. He died in 1939 - lost at sea while trying to sail a Chinese junk across the Pacific Ocean. Interesting fellow - google him.