Green Top Sporting Goods - Virginia

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Interesting, Jerry, about the history of the store. We lived just outside of Mechanicsville, and did business with the gun shop there. I remember it as DeGoff’s. Does that sound right? Pop bought my Mom a nice little 20 gauge Citori there that still sits in my safe, destined for a great nephew or niece someday… hopefully not too soon.

Greentop was started in a service station on Rt. 1 when it was the old two lane U.S. highway near Ashland. Now Richmond has blown up like all cities to move out to what was wilderness. Not too far from Yellow Tavern where our General Jeb Stuart was mortally wounded.

[24 grams]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

Greentop was started in a service station on Rt. 1 when it was the old two lane U.S. highway near Ashland. Now Richmond has blown up like all cities to move out to what was wilderness. Not too far from Yellow Tavern where our General Jeb Stuart was mortally wounded.

Be careful. There could be Yankees on this forum.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Steven Groh

Be careful. There could be Yankees on this forum.

Ya reckon

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Ya reckon

Speaking of which...to show how things have changed: I went to high school at Lee-Davis, home then to the Confederates (School Song -- Dixie). While attending art school at VCU in Richmond, I lived on Monument Ave., and walked by the many statues of Confederate honorees. All now gone. I'm not "stumping" the issues here, or promoting any side, as I know there is still a great deal of pain surrounding all sides of the war among Americans, but things have changed in my home state.

A change I do strongly decry, however, is the one that replaced the wonderful woods and swamps where I hunted squirrels and deer near my home of Williamsburg, is now Busch Gardens...and a heck of a lot more people than when I wandered the hills and bottoms with gun in hand.

[24 grams]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

Ya reckon

Orange, Virginia.
Back in the day, we used to play Woodberry Forest, and I won a state wrestling championship there, when Hector was a pup.
Beautiful country.
I don't get back to Virginia enough.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Steven Groh

Orange, Virginia.
Back in the day, we used to play Woodberry Forest, and I won a state wrestling championship there, when Hector was a pup.
Beautiful country.
I don't get back to Virginia enough.

I was enrolled in a prep school named Woodberry Forest back in 1975 . Maybe the same one Which school in the prep league did you attend EHS perhaps ?

[Bill Murphy]

I lived in Virginia until I was three years old, so I guess I can't be accused of being a Yankee.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

I lived in Virginia until I was three years old, so I guess I can't be accused of being a Yankee.

If none of your family lines was not a Virginian before the War of Northern Aggression, then I hate to break the news to you; Yankee. But not as bad as a scalawag. I am praying you are neither.