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Author | : Kenneth W. Noe |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0817350640 |
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A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war
Author | : Kenneth W. Noe |
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Total Pages | : 752 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Charles Henry Ambler's thesis of antebellum western Virginia depicted the state as divided into two antagonistic geographic sections, with the creation of West Virginia the inevitable result. Ambler did not take into account southwest Virginia, that part of the "West" that aligned itself with eastern Virginia during the sectional crisis. This study attempts to demonstrate that slave-intensive staple agriculture, made more possible by the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, created economic and ideological ties that resulted in an east-southwest alliance in the 1850s. While the ideological rapproachement collapsed during the Civil War, the economic ties survived, setting the stage for rapid industrial development in the Southern Appalachain Mountains. By 1850, southwest Virginia differed from the northwestern region of the state. Slavery, while small scale in comparison to the cotton states, supported both a mountain elite and vigorous regional economy. Religious and commercial ties, notably the marketing of agricultural and industrial products, negated the isolation the mountainous topography threatened to create. Southwest Virginians desired a railroad to open up the region further to capitalist development, and bitterly opposed their anti-improvement state government. A small, influential group of eastern Virginians joined southwest Virginians in lobbying for a railroad. Their goal was political. Men like Henry A. Wise believed a railroad would unify the fractious state in time for the expected national slavery crisis. During the gubernatorial administration of southwesterner John B. Floyd, the boosters succeeded in chartering and funding the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. To safeguard their gains, they joined with others in obtaining the reform Constitution of 1851, which gave the mountaineers more power in return for greater protection of slavery. The railroad fulfilled the hopes of its supporters. In the 1850s, capitalist slave-based tobacco agriculture significantly displaced subsistence farming. As a result, southwest Virginians strongly endorsed secession and the Confederacy until war-weariness late in the war eroded support.
Author | : Thomas Bruce |
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Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley comprise the fairest dominion of any section of country lying within the limits of the Southern States. The wonderful development of these two sections which has marked the progress of events in the past ten years in the Southern States will be treated in this work rather in accordance with the landmark of time than that of territory. The great Southwest, neither more beautiful nor richer in agricultural and mineral resources than Shenandoah Valley, will be taken first, because, in point of time, it was the first to adorn the robe of material progress and growth. -- Introduction.
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Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Download Southwest Virginia Railroad History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Thomas Bruce |
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Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2014-03-16 |
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ISBN | : 9781462234868 |
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1891 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bruce, Thomas. Southwest Virginia And Shenandoah Valley: An Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Rapid Growth And Wonderful Development Of Southwest Virginia And Shenandoah Valley, With A History Of The Norfolk And Western And Shenandoah Valley Railroads. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bruce, Thomas. Southwest Virginia And Shenandoah Valley: An Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Rapid Growth And Wonderful Development Of Southwest Virginia And Shenandoah Valley, With A History Of The Norfolk And Western And Shenandoah Valley Railroads, . Richmond: Hill Pub. Co., 1891. Subject: Norfolk And Western Railroad
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Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Charles Fenton Mercer Garnett |
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Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1852 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Download Exhibit of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Randy Ball |
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Release | : 2017-11-23 |
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ISBN | : 9781389316500 |
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This is a photo book geared for kids. It contains photos made in Tennessee and southwest Virginia. Although created for kids, it will appeal to train enthusiasts as well as those interested in Appalachian culture.
Author | : Joe Tennis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2014-10-28 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1625851863 |
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Take a tour of Virginia's scenic rail trails with author Joe Tennis as he explores restored train stations, discovers a railroad's lost island graveyard and crosses the commonwealth on its idyllic paths. These classic rail lines of Virgina that were once only accessible to train engineers or a few lucky passengers can now be enjoyed by anyone looking for a scenic hike or bike ride. The trails highlight the natural beauty of Old Dominion, from the sunrise side of the Eastern Shore to the setting sun at the Cumberland gap, and each trail, with names like the "Virginia Creeper" and the "Dick & Willie," has a personality and grandeur all its own.
Author | : Benjamin Henry Latrobe |
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Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 1855 |
Genre | : Northwestern Virginia Railroad |
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Download Report Upon the Progress in the Construction of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, and Its Probable Business and Revenue when Completed Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle