Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is home to the mysterious "fairy stones", or staurolite. The stone, prevalent in the region, may have the St. Andrew's or Roman shape.[4][5]
The park's land was donated in 1933 by Junius B. Fishburn, former president of the Southwest Virginia Trust Co. and former owner of the Roanoke Times. The park is 4,741 acres (19.19 km2),[1] making it the largest of the six original parks and one of the largest to this day.[citation needed] Some of the park's features, including its lake and many structures still in use, were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.[6][additional citation(s) needed]
^. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^Hagemann, James A. (1988). The Heritage of Virginia. The Donning Company, 2nd edition, 297 p. ISBN0-89865-255-3.
^Moore, C.H. Jr., 1937. The staurolite area of Patrick and Henry counties, Virginia. The American Mineralogist 22(9), 990−996.
^"University of Fairystone Painted". 1389 Speaks. Vol. 1, no. 2. November 22, 1938. Retrieved September 19, 2023 – via virginiachronicle, Library of Virginia.
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