...nd stories told me by the crew of the USS Rapidan, a Navy oiler that served in World War II. Bear with me as I attempt to describe a kaleidoscope of folklore and stories presented as a narrative over time, with side trips expanding on communities related by the name Rapidan. ...

...nuts, berries and roots. The men hunted deer, wild turkeys, birds and woodland buffalo and got fish using trap lines and plant poisons. Local folklore says that the nearby community of Buena had a population of Native Americans who may have come from Wolftown. [Emma (Beeler) Strother by Pat Hurst 11,60] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

...week, Mrs. Shonts,” said Sophie, “but I never get any further than tipping German waiters.” “These men are not the true type,” Mrs. Shouts went on. “I... ...n counties—where, she assured them, they would meet the genuine England of folklore and song. Rocketts they found after some hours, four miles from a ... ...already done so without effect, and begins to relieve her mind about cheap German enamels for collar-bearings. The Frenchman assents cordially, cries ... ...dt & Bleamers’ boats,” says Captain Hodgson. “Serves ‘em right for putting German compos in their thrust-blocks. She won’t be in Fayal to-night! By th... ...wooden kites over oil engines! They are a shining reproof to all low-grade German “ruby” enamels, so-called “boort” facings, and the dangerous and uns...