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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.

Found in 1977 Collections and/or Records:

Map of Rockingham County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0131
Abstract

This map is a large map that shows the geographic layout of Rockingham County. Full title reads, "Map of Madison County, Virginia. Prepared under the direction of Brevet Brig. Gen. P. S. Michie, Chf. Eng. Dept. of Va. by Jed. Hotchkiss Top. Eng. Staunton Va. January 1866. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers U. S. Army. 1875."

Dates: 1875

Map of Rockingham County, Virginia: with parts of adjacent counties, Showing the Location of the Coal and Iron Lands and Projected Railroad of the Royal Land Company of Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0130
Abstract

Map shows the topography, coal and iron lodes, and projected railroad in Rockingham County, Virginia.

Dates: 1877

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract

Map shows transportation in the form of railroads (both complete and in-progress), stage routes, and canal routes, and geographic features such as rivers and mountains. It shows towns that are connected by the routes, but little more.

Dates: circa 1890

Map of South Lynchburg, Showing Building Sites for Sale by the South Lynchburg Land Co.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0146
Abstract

Map shows land in south Lynchburg for sale, with for-sale plots hand-marked.

Dates: ca. 1890

Map of Southwest Virginia, part 1

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0173
Abstract

Map shows southwest Virginia, identifying rivers, mountains, roads, cities and towns. It includes some colored lines identifying the Old Wilderness Road to Kentucky, the 1749 route of Dr. Walker, the route of Gist., and the old road from Philadelphia to the New River Settlement.

Dates: nd

Map of the A. Black Property, Blacksburg, Virginia, Showing Subdivisions, Building Lots, Street, and Alleys

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0281
Abstract

Map shows the Alexander Black property in Blacksburg, Virginia, including subdivisions, building lots, streets, and alleys.

Dates: 1937

Map of the Bessie Dunlap Coal Land, Price Mountain

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0284
Abstract

Map shows the Bessie Dunlap coal land. Two copies are individually annotated.

Dates: 1937

Map of the City of Fredericksburg, with the Location of the Fredericksburg Water Power Co's Dam, Canals, and Mill Sites (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0138
Abstract

Map shows the city of Fredericksburg, along with the plan for the Fredericksburg Water Power Co's dam.

Dates: c. 1850

Map of the City of Radford, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0252
Abstract

Map shows the city of Radford, Virginia, "compiled from the original plans recorded June 1940." Single map is on two separate sheets.

Dates: 1940