by Sears Homes | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
It was Mr. J. M. Dozier of Lee Hall, VA that purchased Penniman after World War I ended. Thursday, after spending many hours at the York County Courthouse, I learned that Mr. Dozier bought Penniman from DuPont in April 1926, after the U. S. Army left. J. M. Dozier and...
by Sears Homes | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized |
It was called Virginia’s own Ghost Town. Penniman, Virginia, sat on the land now occupied by Cheatham Annex (near Williamsburg) and started – quite literally – as a Boom Town. In late 1916, DuPont selected the site as their 37th munitions plant,...
by Sears Homes | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Despite a last-minute plea from desperate Missourians, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the plan to flood 132,000 acres of prime Missouri farmland will go forward. Flooding the farms will spare the tiny town of Cairo, Illinois, population – 2,800. The...
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