Rockingham County: A Brief History - Softcover

Butler, Lindley S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865261989 ISBN 13: 9780865261983

Verlag: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, 1982

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Author Lindley Butler traces the history of this northern Piedmont county from initial exploration by William Byrd II in 1728 to continued growth in 1981. Special attention is devoted to nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments in industry, agriculture, commerce, education, and political activity.

Chapter titles include: "Natural History," "The Colonial and Revolutionary Period," "A New County" [formed in 1785], "Antebellum Development," "The Civil War Era," "The New South," and "The Twentieth Century." Fifty black-and-white illustrations, a bibliographical essay, and an index complete this book.

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Lindley S. Butler (1939-2022) was a native of Rockingham County who received his Ph.D. in history from UNC at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of numerous books including Pirates, Privateers, and Rebel Raiders of the Carolina Coast and A History of North Carolina in the Proprietary Era, 1629-1729.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: North Carolina Office of Archives and History
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1982
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0865261989
• ISBN 13: 9780865261983
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 116
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Mare Nostrum Group B.V.; gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk; ; Doelen 72; Breda; 4831 GR; Niederlande