Author: LaVerne ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
The Scotts of Southwest Virginia
Author: LaVerne ThomasHistory of Scott County, Virginia
Author: Robert M. AddingtonPublisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Brimming with information, this text begins with Scott County territory as claimed by the French prior to 1763. The final chapters include interesting facts and figures from a survey made in 1930. Filling the pages between with great variety, Addington shares an abundance of knowledge.
Far Southwest Virginia
Author: Frank KilgorePublisher:
ISBN: 9780990887508
Category : Buchanan County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Take a fascinating journey through Far Southwest Virginia with vintage postcards and photos from the collection of attorney Frank Kilgore, a native of the area and longtime memorabilia collector. Over 1000 postcard and photographic scenes of mountains and valleys, bustling lumber towns, coal camps, railroad expansion, and strong people illustrate the beauty and challenges of life in this corner of Central Appalachia. This new and expanded edition includes many full-color postcards, glass plate slides, letters, scrip, and other rare documents.
Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800
Author: Lewis Preston SummersPublisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9780932807809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 798
Book Description
Covers the counties of Botetourt, Fincastle, Montgomery, Washington, and Wythe.
Far Southwest Virginia
Author: Frank KilgorePublisher:
ISBN: 9780972476515
Category : Buchanan County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
This collection of over 250 vintage postcards (c. 1905-1955) takes the reader on a journey through the Appalachian coalfields of Far Southwest Virginia, revealing gently rolling mountains and valleys, bustling market towns, coal camps, and strong people.
Summary of Resources
Author: Virginia's Historic Courthouses
Author: Margaret T. PetersPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813916040
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
They examine historic structures ranging from the Essex County courthouse (1729) and the King William County courthouse, built ca. 1725 and one of the oldest public buildings in continuous use in the nation, to the newer historic courthouses such as Richmond's massive Supreme Court/State Library Building, dedicated in 1941.
Southwest Virginia's Railroad
Author: Kenneth W. NoePublisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817350640
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war
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