The area was surrounded by fields, trees and streams.

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Fast-growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem, so in 1913,people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.

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Law enforcement officials from the base and Prince William County surrounded the area.

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Like those who surrounded us in Area Two, it was clear which side they were on.

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Past fields of sugar cane and a network of narrow irrigation ditches, a narrow pass leads to a flat area surrounded by hills.

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