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page 6 s APRIL 2009 Crozet gazette Wickham—continued from page 5 Pleasant Green in Crozet, Virginia, was the ancestral home of the Wayland family and hosted Claudius Crozet for a season during the 1850s while the Blue Ridge Railroad was under construction. A bronze statue of Williams Carter Wickham, sculpted by Edward V. Valentine, was erected in Richmond’s Monroe Park in 1891. tion at the location of Miller School’s busy whistle stop. That Centennial Year petition resulted in a personal visit from the vice-president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, Colonel Williams Carter Wickham. The trackside meeting adjacent to the Wayland and Ballard farms was brief and to the point. Wickham was presented with a list of possible names for the C&O’s newest station and, as legend states, he replied directly to those in attendance, “The name [of the new station] will be Crozet—or nothing!” Williams C. Wickham (1820–1888) died while at work in his office in Richmond. He was interred alongside other family members at his beloved Hickory Hill in Hanover County. In 1891 his “comrades in the Confederate Army and employees in the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company” presented to the City of Richmond a memorial statue. Fashioned in bronze by noted Richmond sculptor Edward Virginius Valentine, the monument was erected in Richmond’s Monroe Park. The sentiments of the donor groups were summed up simply—WICKHAM: “SOLDIER, STATES-MAN, PATRIOT, FRIEND.” Charles L. Wayland (1861–1953) also experienced many seedtimes through the course of his busy life. As a young man he worked as a telegraph operator in the Crozet and Waynesboro train depots. His larger work, in addition to providing for a family of ten, was as a commercial nurseryman, peach grower and exemplary citizen. At nearly 90 years of age he still recalled as a special highlight his youthful ride through the countryside collecting signatures on his father’s petition—and the naming of the depot and village of Crozet, Virginia. The base of Wickham’s monument in Monroe Park records the high esteem of those who knew him best. Phil James invites contact from those who would share recollections and old photographs of life along the Blue Ridge Mountains of Albemarle County, Virginia. You may respond to him at: P.O. Box 88, White Hall, VA 22987 or philjames@ firstva.com. Secrets of the Blue Ridge © 2009 Phil James This map of central Virginia was published in an October 1864 edition of The New York Herald. Though obviously not drawn to scale and rife with spelling errors, it still shows the war-era villages along the Virginia Central Railroad.
Crozet gazette APRIL 2009 s page 7 CLIMATE CONTROLLED UNITS • Resident Manager • Monthly Leases • Tractor Trailer Accessible • Insurance Coverage Available • Passcoded Gate Access • 24-hour Access Available • Packing Materials 434-823-2340 www.charlottesvilleselfstorage.net Bill Tolbut Resident Manager NOW RENTING 5390 Three Notch’d Rd Crozet, VA 22932 Credit Union Robbed at Gunpoint A young white man of medium height and weight, flashing a small handgun in his left hand, robbed the Crozet branch of the U.Va. Community Credit Union in the Clover Lawn shops on Rt. 250 March 13 at about 10:20 a.m. On entering, the robber demanded money, then jumped through the teller window in front of Susan Miller, took an undisclosed amount and ran away west down the parking lot behind the adjoining block of businesses. Albemarle County Police immediately announced a description of the suspect and released photos from the security cameras. Teller Betty Raines, branch manager Alan Shenk and a customer witnessed the robbery. They told police the suspect was wearing a grey hooded sweat shirt, with a white T-shirt protruding from the bottom of the sweat shirt, tan or khaki trousers, white tennis shoes and a blue bandanna with white spots over his face. No one was caught and two weeks later Police Lt. Todd Hopwood said the case is still being investigated. Anyone having information related to robbery should contact the police at 296-5807 or Crime Stoppers at: 977-4000. Miller came back to her spot. “You gotta get back up on the horse,” she said. Her retirement date is coming up soon and it’s looking even better now. Credit Union superiors, citing the police investigation, told the employees not to describe what happened for the Gazette. Meanwhile they work on as normal, but they remember the day clearly. The bank robbery was the first in town memory in at least 20 years. The former First Virginia branch in the Crozet Shopping Center, now a BB&T branch, was robbed about 25 years ago when a man presented a threatening note to tellers there. He was later caught. The old porticoed Virginia National Bank, destroyed in 1980 to make way for what is now Bank of America, had its night deposit box broken into on FIRST ANNUAL SPRINGTIME BAZAAR a Sunday night about 35 years ago and the many church and store deposits were stolen. That robbery was never solved. Albemarle Police Offer Online Crime Mapping Albemarle citizens can now get Google maps of local crime reports and see what might have been reported in their vicinity. The department’s new online service uses CrimeReports.com, a mapping and analysis service, available to the County for free, from Public Engines, Inc., in Salt Lake City, Utah. A link to crimereports.com is also at the bottom of the police department’s homepage. Police hope to use the service to alert residents to nearby crime, to relay traffic information and to get public help in solving crimes. Not all types of crimes, such as those involving sex or juveniles, are reported on the service. For the widest report, select “Show All” on the site’s mainpage. ACPD data is posted at 5 a.m. every morning. Please Join The Field School and Their Families at The Community Building at Claudius Crozet Park Saturday, April 25 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. RAIN OR SHINE For a multi-family style yard sale! 40% of merchandise sold will benefit The Field School’s Scholarship Program No calls please It’s Your Turn: Gaming At the Crozet Library Saturdays, April 4, May 2, 2 p.m. Come and hang out in our game space with video games, board and card games, and snacks–learn a new game or bring an old favorite. Drop in and bring a friend. Grades 6-12. Registration is requested and begins two weeks before each session.
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