The Settlement of the Greater Greenbrier Valley, West Virginia: The People, Their Homeplaces and Their Lives on the Frontier Tapa blanda - 2019

35th Star Publishing, 2019-04-10. Used - Very Good. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

This study combines the names of settlers from the orginal 1772-1775 Botetourt County courthouse records with the lastest thinking on the conditions and events in the contemporary counties of Monroe, Summers, Greenbrier, and southern Pocahontas, West Virginia.
This first permanent settlement included 583 families on an average 200 acre tract, and these were arrayed in 19 diffuse communities along 60 miles of the Greenbrier Valley. These adventurous souls found arable land, conditioned by thousands of years of Native American occupation, but vacated because the original populations were decimated by European diseases. The remaining Native Americans were defeated in Dunmore's War, which included 288 militia troops from this area who performed the diverse functions of ranging, fort-building, as well as fighting at the Battle of Point Pleasant.
Contemporary accounts of life on the frontier are also discussed and 132 products available at Mathews Trading Post are listed, as are the 24 natural remedies used… Leer más

Paperback / softback. New.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.