Originally settled by Native Americans, the area that would become Lynchburg, Virginia, experienced significant European settlement starting in the late 1700s. Named for John Lynch, a colonial judge known for his firm enforcement of regulations, the town rapidly grew as a vital market hub on the Appomattox River. Agriculture initially powered the l

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