McDowell County (Images of America) - Softcover

Archer, William R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738517992 ISBN 13: 9780738517995

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2005

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McDowell County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1858, two years before the start of the American Civil War. In 1863, the county was one of the 55 that separated from the Old Dominion to form West Virginia, thus earning the nickname "the Free State." Long before this, though, McDowell County was known for its bountiful natural resources; a great geologist, Dr. Thomas Walker, touted these vast "coal lands" after his 1748-1750 exploration. Political leaders like Thomas Jefferson, who knew of the county's mineral wealth, steered Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, to obtain all of McDowell County in the land speculation boom of the mid-1790s. After Morris was sent to debtor's prison in 1799, however, his land holdings were acquired by Michael Bouvier, a cabinet maker. In the 1920s, the remains of Bouvier's holdings were purchased by Henry Ford, the automobile tycoon. Other famous personalities associated with McDowell County include J.P. Morgan and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

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William R. "Bill" Archer is the senior writer for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Through the years, he has written many newspaper and magazine articles about McDowell County and her people. His previous works include Arcadia's Images of America: Bluefield and Images of America: Mercer County.

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• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0738517992
• ISBN 13: 9780738517995
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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