DUMFRIES -- Karleen Kovalcik has her work cut out for her.
A lot of the history in Virginia's oldest town of Dumfries is anecdotal. Amateurs completed some of the archaeology studies done in the old port town that once rivaled other east coast ports during the 18th century.
Kovalick is the new site manager for the Historic Dumfries, Virginia (HDV), overseer of the Weems-Botts Museum, and keeper of the town's history. She'll be combing through not only the materials for the HDV library, but she'll also be checking into the oral history of the town to try to separate fact from fiction.
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