About the Author

Kathi A. Brown is an independent historian based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her clients include Marriott, Motorola, Friends of the National Zoo, the Federal City Council, and many other corporations, museums, and associations. Walter Nicklin is a Warrenton native. His stories have appeared in national newspapers and magazines and have often included Fauquier County. He is the editor and publisher of The Piedmont Virginian. John T. Toler has lived in Fauquier County for fifty years and has researched and written numerous articles about the county's history. He is the editor of the Fauquier Historical Society newsletter, and he frequently lectures on different aspects of the county's colorful past.