Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Bridge Across Potomac River at Dahlgren, Va. January 16, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 5
Book Description
Bridge Across Potomac River at Or Near Dahlgren, Va. December 20, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
West Virginia Blue Book
Author: Prices of Clothing
Author: John M. CurranPublisher:
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Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Bridge Across Patuxent River Near Burch, Md. May 9, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
The Allegheny Frontier
Author: Otis K. RicePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813164389
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
The Allegheny frontier, comprising the mountainous area of present-day West Virginia and bordering states, is studied here in a broad context of frontier history and national development. The region was significant in the great American westward movement, but Otis K. Rice seeks also to call attention to the impact of the frontier experience upon the later history of the Allegheny Highlands. He sees a relationship between its prolonged frontier experience and the problems of Appalachia in the twentieth century. Through an intensive study of the social, economic, and political developments in pioneer West Virginia, Rice shows that during the period 1730–1830 some of the most significant features of West Virginia life and thought were established. There also appeared evidences of arrested development, which contrasted sharply with the expansiveness, ebullience, and optimism commonly associated with the American frontier. In this period customs, manners, and folkways associated with the conquest of the wilderness to root and became characteristic of the mountainous region well into the twentieth century. During this pioneer period, problems also took root that continue to be associated with the region, such as poverty, poor infrastructure, lack of economic development, and problematic education. Since the West Virginia frontier played an important role in the westward thrust of migration through the Alleghenies, Rice also provides some account of the role of West Virginia in the French and Indian War, eighteenth-century land speculations, the Revolutionary War, and national events after the establishment of the federal government in 1789.
Bridge Across Patuxent River Near Burch, Md. May 16, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2
Book Description
The Captives of Abb's Valley
Author: James MoorePublisher:
ISBN: 9781782820406
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
A tragedy of Virginian colonial frontier In the summer of 1786 a large war party of Shawnee Indians entered Abb's Valley, Virginia, and descended on the household of militia officer Captain John Moore which included members of his immediate family together with hired labourers. The family occupied a substantial log building and were well armed, so Moore believed that his family was well placed to fight off a small Indian attack. The nearest homestead was six miles away and Moore, relying on his own abilities, thought it unnecessary to follow the example of neighbours by taking refuge in the nearest fort. The attack achieved complete surprise and Moore was killed before he could reach the safety of the house. What followed was an appalling, but typical, Indian massacre of the colonial period frontier in the 18th century. Various family members, young and old, were slaughtered on the spot, the property was set alight and a substantial herd of livestock was taken. Surviving members of the Moore family were taken as captives to the Indian townships, several of them being murdered on the journey. Once the survivors reached the Indian village there followed another period of torture which for Mrs. Moore and a teenage daughter proved fatal. Two young women survived their ordeals to eventually be ransomed. The story of this notable frontier tragedy was written by James Moore, a son of Mary Moore, who was one of the two ransomed captives. This a vital account of the struggles endured by the early settlers of the American wilderness and will be of essential interest to anyone interested in the early history of the state of Virginia. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.
Bridge Across Choptank River Near Cambridge, Md. May 16, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Bridge Across Choptank River Near Cambridge, Md. May 9, 1930. -- Referred to the House Calendar and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign CommercePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description