Author : Walt H. Sirene
Publisher : Walt H. Sirene
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Maps Help Illustrate Warrenton Virginia History by : Walt H. Sirene
Download or read book Maps Help Illustrate Warrenton Virginia History written by Walt H. Sirene and published by Walt H. Sirene. This book was released on 2024-10-09 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps are used to illustrate the history about Warrenton and Fauquier County's beginning from early Colonial to present times. Maps included are: Lord Fairfax's Northern Neck 1737, Fry-Jefferson Map of Virginia 1753, North America 1755, County of Fauquier 1776, Orange and Alexandria Rail Road including Warrenton Branch 1853, Roads and Canals 1852, Warrenton 1811 overlay with 1790. Accompanying the maps are relevant stories about places and people. Featured are: Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck, Francis Fauquier, Lt. Governor of Virginia, Richard Henry Lee, donor of the land that became Warrenton and Joseph Warren, for whom the town is named.. This unique presentation is a standalone section of an expanded free of charge document with over 400 illustrations about Warrenton. It is titled "Warrenton Virginia Bispham House" and is about a house, the people it has sheltered since 1856 and an extensive Scrapbook about Warrenton and Fauquier County.