Rappahannock
Americannoun
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He was held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford, Va., according to inmate records.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2024
The Northern Neck is a peninsula, bordered by the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south.
From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2023
“I’ve also played Cardinal Bellarmine in James Reston’s ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ and General John Belle Hood in James Reston’s ‘Sherman, the Peacemaker’ in an open-air theatre also in Rappahannock County,” he continued.
From Washington Times • May 4, 2023
For centuries, a Native American tribe considered a large swath of land with cliffs jutting out along the Rappahannock River in Virginia’s Northern Neck as its ancestral heart and homelands.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023
The soldiers’ next destination was clear: Cross the Rappahannock, then on to look for Jett.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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