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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

John Garst Account Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-077
Abstract

The ledgers in this collection are 150 pages long and detail John Garst's carpenter/mill business.

Dates: 1844 - 1850

Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-008
Abstract

The collection contains a photograph of Gary restaurant and railroad crossing in McDowell Company-run Gary Township, West Virginia, circa 1990.

Dates: ca. 1990

Ray Gaskins Essay

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-046
Abstract

The collection contains an essay entitled, "The Great Blizzard of 1857" written by Dr. Ray Gaskins.

Dates: 2010

John Gates Inventory of Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-038
Abstract

Estate inventory of John Gates, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by Richd. Harrison, Saml. Crutcher, and Thos. Penn.

Dates: 1810

General Chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the Seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0024
Abstract

Map focuses on charting the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, with depths marked in feet. Contains notes that include a tidal chart and sailing directions into each bay. This map was originally published in 1855 and reissued in 1882, after the principle surveyours had died.

Dates: 1855, 1882

General Highway Map: Carroll County,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0743
Abstract

General Highway Map: Carroll County. Virginia Department of Highways, 1973. 27 x 19 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1973 - 1973

General Highway Map: Grayson County,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0750
Abstract

General Highway Map: Grayson County. Virginia Department of Highways, 1973. 27 x 19 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1973 - 1973