Insufficiently known fact: President Theodore Roosevelt’s Camp David was on 20S, just south of town.
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Insufficiently known fact: President Theodore Roosevelt’s Camp David was on 20S, just south of town.
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Umm… Pine?
D’oh! Yes, that should be “Pine Knot,” not “Pint Knot.” :)
President Hoover’s “Camp David” is in Madison County: http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/presidents/hoover_camp_rapidan.html
What’s more, the members of Hoover’s Cabinet used a separate camp, that through a convoluted chain of events, ended up in private ownership. You can rent a cabin there: http://www.rapidancamps.org/rapidan/
It’s a beautiful place to camp and an interesting part of history.
Teddy was vacationing at Pine Knot when he is said to have made the last sighting of a passenger pigeon in the wild. So keep your eyes peeled…