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Author : Danske Dandridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book Historic Shepherdstown written by Danske Dandridge and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Crile Allen (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Uncommon Vernacular written by John Crile Allen (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the picturesque borders of Jefferson County, West Virginia remain the vestiges of a history filled with Civil War battles and political rebellion. Yet also woven into the historical landscapeof this small county nestled within the Shenandoah Valley is an unusual collection of historic homes. In this fascinating architectural exploration, John C. Allen, Jr. details his expansive seven-year survey of Jefferson County's historic residences. By focusing on dwellings built from the mid-eighteenth century to the arrival of the railroad and canal in 1835, Allen unfolds the unique story of this area's early building traditions and architectural innovations. The 250 buildings included in this work - from the plantation homes of the Washington family to the log houses of yeomen farmers - reveal the unique development of this region, as Allen categorizes structures and establishes patterns of construction, plan, and style. Allen's refreshing perspective illuminates the vibrant vernacular architecture of Jefferson County, connecting the housing of this area to the rich history of the Shenandoah Valley. Varying features of house siting, plan types, construction techniques, building materials, outbuildings, and exterior and interior detailing illustrate the blending of German, Scots-Irish, English, and African cultures into a distinct, regional style. Adorned with over seven hundred stylish photographs by Walter Smalling and elegant drawings, floor plans, and maps by Andrew Lewis, Uncommon Vernacular explores and preserves this historic area's rich architectural heritage.
Author : Kevin R. Pawlak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162585465X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Shepherdstown in the Civil War written by Kevin R. Pawlak and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because they were situated near the Mason-Dixon line, Shepherdstown residents witnessed the realities of the Civil War firsthand. Marching armies, sounds of battle and fear of war had arrived on their doorsteps by the summer of 1862. The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 brought thousands of wounded Confederates into the town's homes, churches and warehouses. The story of Shepherdstown's transformation into "one vast hospital" recounts nightmarish scenes of Confederate soldiers under the caring hands of an army of surgeons and civilians. Author Kevin R. Pawlak retraces the horrific accounts of Shepherdstown as a Civil War hospital town.
Author : Joseph Goss
Publisher : Peace Corps Writers
ISBN 13 : 9781935925958
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (259 download)
Download or read book Frontier Cabin Story: The Rediscovered History of a West Virginia Log Farmhouse written by Joseph Goss and published by Peace Corps Writers. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frontier Cabin Story is a rare architectural biography of a long-forgotten 18th-century log farmhouse in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Joseph Goss digs into the origins of his ancient home to discover its age and first owner. After months of painstaking detective work, he finds the holy grail of his search. Along the way, the author creates an enthralling story about an unknown frontier house and gives it context by weaving it into the sweep of the region's history from colonial times to the present. Colorful characters from the families of the house's earliest owners populate the story and act on the stages of the French and Indian, Revolutionary, and the Civil Wars. They even take us out to the Osage Nation in Missouri and to Mexico. The women, in particular, reveal themselves in striking detail through never-before-published personal letters from primary sources. Besides stories of the early owners, Goss uncovers tales-some humorous, some gruesome-from the lives of the farmhouse's tenants. Glimpses of slavery surface from multiple historical documents. The author recounts the physical history of the log house in generous detail, tracking changes to it over more than 230 years. This unique book features 28 illustrations, including maps, drawings, and photographs. Comprehensive footnotes substantiate the author's research. Appendices put forth deed extracts and family trees. An extensive index completes the volume. Frontier Cabin Story adds a new dimension to the investigation of little-known historical houses, not only in West Virginia but in other regions too. Goss aspires not merely to tell his venerable old house's story but to convince future owners to value and preserve it. On a larger scale, he hopes this book will inspire others to prize age-old dwellings and to listen to their voices by showing the wealth of material they too can discover about them.
Author : Eric J. Wittenberg
Publisher : Savas Beatie
ISBN 13 : 1611215072
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Seceding from Secession written by Eric J. Wittenberg and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “thoroughly researched [and] historically enlightening” account of how the Commonwealth of Virginia split in two in the midst of war (Civil War News). “West Virginia was the child of the storm.” —Mountaineer historian and Civil War veteran Maj. Theodore F. Lang As the Civil War raged, the northwestern third of the Commonwealth of Virginia finally broke away in 1863 to form the Union’s 35th state. Seceding from Secession chronicles those events in an unprecedented study of the social, legal, military, and political factors that converged to bring about the birth of West Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln, an astute lawyer in his own right, played a critical role in birthing the new state. The constitutionality of the mechanism by which the new state would be created concerned the president, and he polled every member of his cabinet before signing the bill. Seceding from Secession includes a detailed discussion of the 1871 U.S. Supreme Court decision Virginia v. West Virginia, in which former Lincoln cabinet member Salmon Chase presided as chief justice over the court that decided the constitutionality of the momentous event. Grounded in a wide variety of sources and including a foreword by Frank J. Williams, former Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and Chairman Emeritus of the Lincoln Forum, this book is indispensable for anyone interested in American history.
Author : Thomas A. McGrath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781889246390
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (463 download)
Download or read book Shepherdstown written by Thomas A. McGrath and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tracy Lawson
Publisher : 35th Star Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1737857588
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (378 download)
Download or read book Historic Mills of West Virginia written by Tracy Lawson and published by 35th Star Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-26 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, people used mills to process grain, and a mill was often the first structure planned and built in a new community. At the close of the American Revolution, it was believed that every village and town in the United States had access to a water-powered mill. Hundreds, if not thousands, of mills once dotted the hills and glades of what is now West Virginia. Though the vast majority are gone, towns all over the Mountain State bear the names of the mills that put them on the map. History buffs, nature photographers, and outdoor enthusiasts, you are invited to come along on an adventure: hit the Country Roads in search of fifty-three historic water mills built between 1735 and 1976. Together, these structures tell the story of West Virginia’s agricultural and industrial past. A few are still in operation. Some are in ruins. Many are preserved in their original state, and still others have taken on roles as private residences, shops, and museums. Whether operational or abandoned to decay, the historic mills of West Virginia stand in testament to the ingenuity and independent spirit of those entrepreneurs who were millers, but also bankers, economists, and mechanical engineers. This book features over one hundred illustrations, regional and county maps with the mill locations marked, and QR codes that give instant access to driving directions.
Author : Cecil O'Dell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780788444838
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (448 download)
Download or read book Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia written by Cecil O'Dell and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-20 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompasses 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, and Grant counties in West Virginia. During the 1700s a land dispute between a Colonist and an Englishman developed into a lawsuit. The suit was between Jost Hite, the plantiff and Lord Thomas Fairfax, defendant. Fairfax claimed to inherit all of the country know as the Northern Neck from his father and maternal grandfather, Lord Thomas Culpeper. During the eighteen years of the court battle no land was legally disposed of, resulting in no legal land documents. This book is a comprehensive study of the settlers of old Frederick County, who they were, where they came from, and where they lived in the county, and where they went.
Author : Visionary Living, Inc.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493043994
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories written by Visionary Living, Inc. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Mountain State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Rosemary Ellen Guiley shines a light in the dark corners of Virginia and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From the headless ghosts wandering Droop Mountain to the tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, there’s no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Author : Dr. John E. Stealey III (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (2001) written by Dr. John E. Stealey III (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. John E. Stealey, III (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1998) written by Dr. John E. Stealey, III (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 1998-12-31 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. John E. Stealey, III (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1997) written by Dr. John E. Stealey, III (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 1997-12-31 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger J. Perry (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1996) written by Roger J. Perry (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 1996-12-31 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hu Maxwell
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Transallegheny Historical Magazine written by Hu Maxwell and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. John E. Stealey III (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (2000) written by Dr. John E. Stealey III (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 2000-12-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. John A. Washington (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1975) written by Dr. John A. Washington (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 1975-12-31 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Members List, pages 4 - 11, have been moved to the back of the Magazine.
Author : Dr. John A. Washington (ed.)
Publisher : Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Jefferson County Historical Society Magazine (1971) written by Dr. John A. Washington (ed.) and published by Jefferson County Historical Society (WV) Magazine. This book was released on 1971-12-31 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Membership Lists, pages 4 - 10, have been moved to the back of the Magazine.
