Author: Robert Baylor Semple
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia
Author: Robert Baylor Semple
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Forty Years of Pioneer Life. Memoir of J. M. Peck. Edited from His Journals and Correspondence. By R. Babcock
Author: John Mason PECK
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia
Author: John Davison Sutton
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Category : Braxton County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Category : Braxton County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians
Author: John Hill Wheeler
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 590
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Matewan Before the Massacre
Author: Rebecca J. Bailey
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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On May 19, 1920, gunshots rang through the streets of Matewan, West Virginia, in an event soon known as the "Matewan Massacre." Most historians of West Virginia and Appalachia see this event as the beginning of a long series of tribulations known as the second Mine Wars. But was it instead the culmination of an even longer series of proceedings that unfolded in Mingo County, dating back at least to the Civil War? Matewan Before the Massacre provides the first comprehensive history of the area, beginning in the late eighteenth century continuing up to the Massacre. It covers the relevant economic history, including the development of the coal mine industry and the struggles over land ownership; labor history, including early efforts of unionization; transportation history, including the role of the N&W Railroad; political history, including the role of political factions in the county's two major communities--Matewan and Williamson; and the impact of the state's governors and legislatures on Mingo County.
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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On May 19, 1920, gunshots rang through the streets of Matewan, West Virginia, in an event soon known as the "Matewan Massacre." Most historians of West Virginia and Appalachia see this event as the beginning of a long series of tribulations known as the second Mine Wars. But was it instead the culmination of an even longer series of proceedings that unfolded in Mingo County, dating back at least to the Civil War? Matewan Before the Massacre provides the first comprehensive history of the area, beginning in the late eighteenth century continuing up to the Massacre. It covers the relevant economic history, including the development of the coal mine industry and the struggles over land ownership; labor history, including early efforts of unionization; transportation history, including the role of the N&W Railroad; political history, including the role of political factions in the county's two major communities--Matewan and Williamson; and the impact of the state's governors and legislatures on Mingo County.
The Allegheny Frontier
Author: Otis K. Rice
Publisher: 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.
Publisher: 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.
Letter from the Assistant Clerk of the Court of Claims, Transmitting a Copy of the Findings Filed by the Court in the Case of John W. Hall and James P. Hall Against the United States
Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871
Author: Joseph Addison Waddell
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Category : Augusta County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Category : Augusta County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County, 1777-1870
Author: Lewis Preston Summers
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 932
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The Big Sandy Valley
Author: William Ely
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806301031
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The history and genealogy of the people of the Big Sandy Valley.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806301031
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The history and genealogy of the people of the Big Sandy Valley.