Description
A collection of articles, vignettes, and recollections on the history of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
The Table of Contents:
1. INDIANS GREW TOBACCO BEFORE WHITE SETTLERS
2. PITTSYLVANIA’S FIRST COUNTY SEAT
3. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITION
4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF COMPETITION
5. SOME HISTORY OF “LITTLE CHERRYSTONE”
6. GUNPOWDER MADE AT “CLEMENT HILL” DURING REVOLUTION – 1775
7. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE (FROM 1854 TO TODAY)
8. ORIGINAL CLERK’S OFFICE IN CHATHAM
9. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY JAILS
10. “OLD JOE CLARK”
11. THE DAY YANKEE PRISONERS WERE MARCHED THRU CHATHAM
12. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT HISTORY
13. THE REMARKABLE SAM LOVELACE
14. GRETNA: AN EARLY HISTORY
15. REMEMBRANCE FROM PITTSVILLE, VA
16. THERE WERE SPIRITS IN CHATHAM AT TURN OF CENTURY
17. LARGEST ILLEGAL WHISKEY OPERATION IN VIRGINIA
18. FIRST TRAIN TRACKS THROUGH CHATHAM
19. THE F&P RAILROAD
20. HURT WAS BORN AS A CORPORATE TOWN IN 1967
21. A BRIEF LOOK AT YATES TAVERN
22. CEDAR FOREST, THE HOME
23. CHATHAM HOTEL
24. THE SAFE SIDE OF THE STREET
25. THE ARMS OF CHATHAM
26. POSTER FOR FARMERS WAREHOUSE
27. WORLD WAR I HAD ITS EFFECT ON CHATHAM
28. I DREAM OF “JANIE”
29. CHATHAM ICE PLANT
30. DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER SYSTEM IN TOWN OF CHATHAM
31. THE OLD TOBACCO BARN
32. TOBACCO BARN AT TOWN PARK
33. THE COUNTY FLAG, PRIDE OF PITTSYLVANIA
34. FIRST PHONES IN CHATHAM
35. CHATHAM: VIRGINIA’S CAPITAL FOR A DAY
36. DAVIS TAVERN
37. BOLANZ STORE AND DISTILLERY
38. COUNTY NEWSPAPER HISTORY
39. STREETCAR DINER
40. HOW TIGHTSQUEEZE GOT ITS NAME
41. COUNTY HAD 94 POST OFFICES AT TURN OF CENTURY
42. THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1940
43. LARGE FIRES IN CHATHAM
44. CHATHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT
45. CHATHAM BURIAL PARK
46. CCC CAMPS IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
47. HITLER’S SAILORS AT SANDY LEVEL
ASIN: B0D8BXBXXW
VSKU: BVV.B0D8BXBXXW.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Jones Jr., Langhorne
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.
ASIN: B0D8BXBXXW
VSKU: BVV.B0D8BXBXXW.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Jones Jr., Langhorne
Binding: Paperback
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.