Photo 2008, by DwayneP, courtesy of Wikipedia. It is known that this inn was in operation as war raged up and down the valley during the Civil War and that the inn served both sides. There does seem to be a good deal of truth behind his claim. Leo Bernstein, the garrulous personality who took over the inn the latter half of the 20 th century, would always claim that this inn was the oldest continuously operating inn in the nation. In 1797, this collection of buildings became an inn for the many travelers passing on the road. The road in front was once part of the Great Wagon Road-the road used by settlers pouring into the American вЂњbackcountry.вЂќ In this area, the Great Wagon Road was originally a Native American trail called the Great Indian Warpath and used by a multitude of Native American tribes including the Cherokee. The oldest portion of the building, containing LarrickвЂ™s Tavern, may have been constructed around 1750. The motley of old buildings forming the tavern were built over a period ranging from the 18 th century through to the late 19 th century. The Winchester section of this article has been broken off into its own, separate article, вЂњ The Wraiths of Winchester.вЂќДЎ797 WAYSIDE INN ( 7783 Main Street) This building sits at the core of history of this small town.

This article has been reworked a bit and I have begun separating these cities into their own distinct articles. Some of these locations are open to the public while a few are private and should only be viewed from the street. The tour includes a range of haunted places from historic homes to government buildings, churches, battlefields, commercial buildings, cemeteries, a train depot, a former mental hospital and a cave. After Staunton the tour heads east to include the famous Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville before returning to Winchester. It heads south on I-81 towards Staunton with a few stops along the way. This tour makes a circle through the Shenandoah Valley, beginning and ending in Winchester. After consulting my resources, IвЂ™ve devised a suitable tour of the areaвЂ™s numerous haunts. I recently had an inquiry from a friend whoвЂ™s a student at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia regarding a вЂњhaunted road tripвЂќ he and his friends want to take next month.

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