A History of Back Creek: Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey - Couverture souple

Harris, Nelson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1625859708 ISBN 13 : 9781625859709

Editeur : History Press, 2018

Synopsis

Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. Local historian Nelson Harris details the eclectic history of the area.

The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the region. The changing picture of daily life in Back Creek spanning two centuries emerges in stories of one-room schoolhouses, doctors on horseback, country stores, local baseball and NASCAR races at Starkey.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Local historian Nelson Harris is a native and former mayor of Roanoke. He has been the pastor of Heights Community Church since 1999 and is an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Western Community College. He holds degrees from Radford University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a past president of the Historical Society of Western Virginia. He is the author of twelve books, including Downtown Roanoke, Roanoke Valley: Then and Now, Aviation in Roanoke and Hidden History of Roanoke.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: History Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1625859708
• ISBN 13: 9781625859709
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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