A History of the Valley of VirginiaGenealogical Publishing Com, 2009 - 404 страници The storied Valley of Virginia (also known as the Appalachian Valley) is bounded by the Blue Ridge on the east and, for most of its length, by the West Virginia border on the west. Samuel Kercheval's history of the Valley of Virginia, published originally in 1909, concentrates upon this region from 1732 through the Revolutionary War. The work also describes life on the frontier, especially housing, furniture, and diet; the establishment of towns like Strasburg, Staunton, Romney, Harper's Ferry, and Morgantown; the inception of religious denominations, topography, and natural landmarks; and medicinal springs and other remedies. Incorporated into A History of the Valley of Virginia is an early edition of Notes on the Settlement and Indian Wars of the Western Parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania 1763-1783]..., by the Reverend Dr. Joseph Doddridge, which covers similar terrain. Kercheval has also included a detailed discussion of Bacon's Rebellion of the 17th century in his Introduction, and a chapter on the founding of Virginia's Northern Neck in the body of the work. |
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... distance between continent and continent is only thirty - nine miles ; and in the middle of this narrow strait , there are two islands , which would greatly facilitate the passage of the Asiatics into the new world , supposing it took ...
... distance between continent and continent is only thirty - nine miles ; and in the middle of this narrow strait , there are two islands , which would greatly facilitate the passage of the Asiatics into the new world , supposing it took ...
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... distance little short of one hundred miles ) , killed and scalped him , and returning showed his scalp to several white people , and exulted in what he had done . * Another most bloody battle was fought at the mouth of Cono- cocheague ...
... distance little short of one hundred miles ) , killed and scalped him , and returning showed his scalp to several white people , and exulted in what he had done . * Another most bloody battle was fought at the mouth of Cono- cocheague ...
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... distance from which they cruelly murdered their prisoner ; they then moved on . The next day several of them returned , and cut off the soles of her feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march ...
... distance from which they cruelly murdered their prisoner ; they then moved on . The next day several of them returned , and cut off the soles of her feet , in order to prevent her from pursuing and haunt- ing them in their march ...
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Samuel Kercheval. At an immense distance apart , * probably little less than six or seven hundred miles , without trade , commerce , or clashing of inter- ests — without those causes of irritation common among civilized states — we find ...
Samuel Kercheval. At an immense distance apart , * probably little less than six or seven hundred miles , without trade , commerce , or clashing of inter- ests — without those causes of irritation common among civilized states — we find ...
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... distance below the mouth of Stony Creek , ( a branch of the Shen- andoah ) , within four or five miles of Woodstock , are the signs of an Indian village . At this place a gun barrel , with several iron toma- hawks , were found long ...
... distance below the mouth of Stony Creek , ( a branch of the Shen- andoah ) , within four or five miles of Woodstock , are the signs of an Indian village . At this place a gun barrel , with several iron toma- hawks , were found long ...
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