BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Point of Rocks -- R. Garland Dodd Park

VA -- Point of Rocks -- R. Garland Dodd Park:

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Description of Subject Matter: The R. Garland Dodd Park at Point of Rocks is a 188-acre park that features a diverse natural area and a rich history. Athletic facilities and picnic areas are concentrated in the upper areas of the park. Access to the lower level is provided by a system of trails, which includes a boardwalk through a freshwater tidal marsh. It's a wonderful trail, full of turtles, butterflies, and dragonflies.

Point of Rocks Park first opened to the public in 1980. Located in southeastern Chesterfield along the Appomattox River, the park provides 190 acres of active and passive recreation facilities for visitors to enjoy.
Point of Rocks takes its name from a nearby sixty-food sandstone cliff on the Appomattox River. The park has been the site of a pre-colonial Native American village, colonial plantation, and ochre mine. Be sure to notice the evidence of past habitation at the homestead area and in old fields along the river. In 1864, General Butler established a Union encampment on the site; breastworks along the Appomattox River are still visible.
The marsh boardwalk and observation platform were built by the Youth Conservation Corps in 1986. [The current boardwalk was constructed 2000-2001 by Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation and Sheriff's Work Force Units 142 & 145.] A walk through Ashton Creek Marsh offers visitors a close look at a tidal marsh ecosystem. Native wildlife are likely to be encountered, including snakes. Please be alert!
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1998 photos: Since 1984, I've lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. From 1981 to 2002, photos were taken using a Pentax ME Super camera. From 1989 to 2002, I was doing all pictures as prints (instead of slides which I had grown up on). In 1997, at the age of 40, my photo obsession began and I started taking thousands of photos per year. In September, 2002, I switched to digital cameras and the number of photos exploded. Trips this year: More Civil War touring (Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee), a work trip to Chicago and Louisiana, and family visits to Michigan and North Carolina. Image quality for my pictures is variable because these are scans of slides and/or prints at varying quality/resolutions. The Great Pandemic Digitizing Project: When I was first setting up my website in August, 2000, I had decided to digitize some of my favorite pre-digital slides and prints. The scans were fairly low resolution but they were good enough. With COVID forcing me to stay indoors, I decided to rescan ALL of my pre-digital images from multiple sources (slides, prints, and negatives) at a much higher resolution and quality setting. (I digitized Dad's slides at the same time). Instead of replacing my original scans, I added the new scans to existing pages, figuring I'd select the best ones later. As a result, multiple versions of images appear on most of these early pages. At some point, I'll take the time to do a final review and get rid of the duplicates.
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