NATURAL See also:

• BRIDGE

BRIDGE  , a small See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Rockbridge See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, in the western See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, 179 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail W. of See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, and about 16 m . S.E. of See also:

• LEXINGTON
• LEXINGTON, BARON

Lexington, the county-seat . It is served by the Chesapeake & See also:

• OHIO

Ohio and the See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk & Western See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . In the vicinity of the village, which is about 1500 ft . above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, is the See also:

• GREAT

great natural curiosity from which it derives its name—a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of natural See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock 90 ft. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and from 50 to 150 ft. wide, which spans See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

Cedar See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

Creek at a height of 215 ft. above that stream . It consists of See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone strata, and is the remains of the roof of a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave or underground See also:

• TUNNEL (Fr. tonne!, later tonneau, a diminutive from Low Lat. tonna, tunna, a tun, cask)

tunnel through which the creek once flowed . It is crossed by a public road . In the village are See also:

• MAGNESIA

magnesia and lithia springs and a See also:

• SALTPETRE (from the Lat. sal, salt, Petra, a rock)

saltpetre cave, which was worked during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1812 and the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil War . A royal See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant dated the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July 1774 conveyed to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of 157 acres, " including the Natural Bridge on Cedar Creek," and it did not pass from his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate until 1833 .