The little flag stop with the pleasant name was the most notorious site in Louisa County. In the thirteen years prior to the Hall Case, it was the site of multiple murders, a smallpox epidemic, deaths from other illnesses and a state Supreme Court case. In 1913, the depot consisted of a railway station, two stores, two residences and a broom factory. By mid 1914, all but the Hall store/residence had been destroyed by arsons. Most trouble occurred specifically at Hall’s store, and its private cemetery held only victims of sicknesses and murder. The Hall shooting was the third sensation at that store to make statewide headlines!
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