Author: John Allen NealPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Bicentennial History of Washington County, Virginia, 1776-1976
Author: John Allen NealPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Washington County, Virginia, in the Civil War
Author: Michael K. ShafferPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614233128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The citizens of Washington County, Virginia gave up their sons and daughters to the Confederate cause of the Civil War. Contributing six Confederate generals as well as Union officers, the region is emblematic of communities throughout the nation that sacrificed during the war. Though the sounds of cannon fire and gunshots were only heard at a distance, Washington County was the breadbasket for Confederate armies. From the fields surrounding Abingdon to the coveted salt works in Saltville, Union Generals were constantly eyeing the region, resulting in the Saltville Massacre and the burning of Abingdon's famous courthouse. Historian Michael Shaffer gives a detailed narrative of Washington County during the Civil War, painting vivid images of heroism on and off the battlefield.
Washington County
Author: Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738592114
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Boasting three forks of the Holston River and a skyline of mile-high mountains, Washington County lies at the heart of the Virginia Highlands. Today, many miles of its railroad lines have become trails, and towns like Damascus, Abingdon, and Glade Spring have grown from villages among wilderness.
The Historical Society of Washington County, Va. Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Bicentennial 1776-1976, Belle, W.Va
Author: Green Gold
Author: Doug McGuinnPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1427629765
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
In 1904, when the Hassinger brothers ¿ Luther (L. C.), Will, and John ¿ came from the northwestern Pennsylvania county of Forest to the southwestern Virginia county of Washington with the idea of continuing their father¿s lumber business, they liked what they saw: thousands of acres of virgin forest. Two years later, they built a sawmill in Washington County and a company town to support its workers. L. C.¿s mother, Letisha, named the town Konnarock. In less than ten years, the Hassinger Lumber Company of Konnarock, Virginia, had employed over 400 workers, laid down over 75 miles of railroad track (they named their railroad the White Top Railway), built 20 logging camps, and sawed almost 60,000 board feet of lumber per day at its mill. Not only did the Hassinger Lumber Company cut timber in Washington County, Virginia, they also did extensive timbering in neighboring Ashe County, North Carolina, and also sawed timber cut in Watauga County, North Carolina, when the Deep Gap Tie and Lumber Company, located in the Watauga County village of Deep Gap, bought the Hassinger Lumber Company¿s Shay locomotive No. 3, sending its logs to the Hassinger sawmill in Konnarock, 50 miles away. By the time the blades went silent on Christmas Eve, 1928, almost 400 million board feet of the area¿s best wood had passed through the Hassinger Lumber Company¿s sawmill. This book contains the story of the Hassinger Lumber Company and its company town, Konnarock, as well as information about the Beaver Dam Railroad, the Laurel Railway (both located in the northeastern Tennessee county of Johnson), the Virginia¿Carolina Railway (the ¿Virginia Creeper¿), the logging of the Pond Mountain area of Ashe County, North Carolina, by the Damascus Lumber Company, and the Hassinger Lumber Company¿s logging operations in the Elkland (present-day Todd) area of Ashe County.
The Lopsided Three: A History of Railroading, Logging and Mining in the Holston, Doe and Watauga Valleys of Northeast Tennessee
Author: Doug McGuinnPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557875900
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Historical Records of the Enoch Family in Virginia and Pennsylvania
Author: Harry G. EnochPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312201975
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Brothers Henry Enoch and Enoch Enoch came to Virginia before 1750, settling on the sparsely populated frontier west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Their Virginia years were defined by the French and Indian War (1755-1763) and their close association with young George Washington. By 1757, their children had begun to explore more westerly lands, where they ultimately resettled with their families in what is now Washington County, Pennsylvania. Henry Jr., David, and Enoch Enoch were among the first "over the mountain men," settling west of the Allegheny Mountains by 1767. Their Pennsylvania years were defined by the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) and the Indian Wars (1786-1795). By the turn of the century, the Enochs began looking west again, this time to the more promising lands of Ohio.
Official Master Register of Bicentennial Activities
Author: American Revolution Bicentennial AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration ...
Author: United States George Washington Bicentennial CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 746
Book Description