Author: Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The Shenandoah Valley Route in Historic Virginia
Author: Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Through the Shenandoah Valley in 1890
Author: Shenandoah Valley Railroad CompanyPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781535101998
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Out of print since it was first published in 1890, "Through the Shenandoah Valley" chronicles a trip along the historic route of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad - and we see why Virginia was so popular as a tourist and residential location as its key cities and attractions, such as the famous caverns of Luray, are explored. This is a reproduction of the booklet, which is nearly impossible to find in its original form. Included in this historically accurate reproduction are all of the publication's photographs, illustrations and charts.
Shenandoah
Author: Sue EisenfeldPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803265395
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park. With historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place, searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their ancestors “grieving themselves to death,” and they continue to speak of their people’s displacement from the land as an untold national tragedy. Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal is Eisenfeld’s personal journey into the park’s hidden past based on her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents’ removal as well as the human face of the government officials behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship with the park—a relationship she would not have without the heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their homes. Purchase the audio edition.
A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia
Author: John Walter WaylandPublisher:
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Category : Shenandoah County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Historic and Scenic Routes to Endless Caverns, New Market, Virginia
Author: The Great Valley Road of Virginia
Author: Warren R. HofstraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Great Valley Road of Virginia chronicles the story of one of America's oldest, most historic, and most geographically significant roads. Emphasized throughout the chapters is a concern for landscape character and the connection of the land to the people who traveled the road and to permanent residents, who depended upon it for their livelihoods. Also included are chapters about the towns supported by the road as well as the relationship of physical geography (the lay of the land) to the engineering of the road. More than one hundred maps, photographs, engravings, and line drawings enhance the book's value to scholars and general readers alike. Published in association with the Center for American Places
Scenic and Historical Guide to the Shenandoah Valley
Author: John Walter WaylandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley
Author: Thomas BrucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley comprise the fairest dominion of any section of country lying within the limits of the Southern States. The wonderful development of these two sections which has marked the progress of events in the past ten years in the Southern States will be treated in this work rather in accordance with the landmark of time than that of territory. The great Southwest, neither more beautiful nor richer in agricultural and mineral resources than Shenandoah Valley, will be taken first, because, in point of time, it was the first to adorn the robe of material progress and growth. -- Introduction.
Twenty-five Chapters on the Shenandoah Valley
Author: John Walter WaylandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Through the Shenandoah Valley
Author: Ernest IngersollPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331991151
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Excerpt from Through the Shenandoah Valley: The Chronicle of a Journey Through the Uplands of Virginia, Sketching Their Scenery, Noting Their Legends, Portraying Social and Material Progress, and Explaining Routes of Travel It was a charmingly bright morning when we bade Hagerstown good-bye, and look our places in the train on the Shenandoah Valley Railway bound southward. Passengers had come in on the Western Maryland Railway, and others on the Cumberland Valley, and now appeared after their breakfast at the station with smiling faces. Comparisons are odious, but a better meal than one gets at the railway restaurant in Hagerstown is unnecessary to either health or comfort. "That's a point you're forever thinking about," says Prue, a little spitefully. "I am, I acknowledge. It's of immense importance. Why is it I always prefer the Santa Fe route across the plains? Because I am sure of good meals. When one is traveling in the West or South, that consideration is doubly worth forethought. The certainty of finding well-cooked and abundant food was one great reason for my choosing this route for our present trip." "Well, I wouldn't be so particular." "Why not? It's largely your fault if I am." "How, pray tell?" "Because you have educated me to so good living at home!" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.