The Story of Winchester in Virginia: The Oldest Town in the Shenandoah ValleyWinchester was the capital of the Northern Neck of VA for almost 40 years, headquarters for George Washington during his military apprenticeship, the earliest county seat in the Appalachian region, a center of trade in the pre-railroad era, and the gatewa |
Contents
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The Local Geography | 22 |
Lord Fairfax and the Northern Neck | 27 |
The Beginnings of Winchester | 34 |
Winchester as a Frontier Town | 43 |
War with the French and Indians | 61 |
Later Colonial Period | 83 |
The Middle Period | 96 |
Journalism and Literature | 221 |
The Educational Record | 231 |
The Cemeteries | 246 |
The Recent Period | 252 |
A Inhabitants of 1788 | 266 |
B LotOwners 1782 | 272 |
Civil Officers | 273 |
French and Indian War | 276 |
An Annalistic Chapter | 115 |
Winchesters Railroads | 128 |
The Public Square | 134 |
War and its Forerunners | 143 |
Military Events of 186465 | 159 |
Behind the Southern Lines | 179 |
Bench Bar and Legislative | 196 |
The Churches and the Fraternities | 205 |
E Revolutionary War | 280 |
F Soldiers of 1812 | 283 |
G Civil War | 284 |
H Soldiers of the World War | 301 |
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