Wise County & City of Norton Virginia Heritage

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Wise County & City of Norton Virginia Heritage - eBay (item 200315994674 end time Apr-01-09 11:41:12 PDT)

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Wise County In the Early Years - Looking back

Wise County In the Early Years-Looking Back VA History - eBay (item 200334692608 end time Aug-20-09 12:21:46 PDT)

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Currently available::flagwaver:

Wise County & City of Norton Virginia Heritage - eBay (item 200331390119 end time Feb-07-10 17:03:09 PST)

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For lovers of history and genealogy, especially Virginia history and genealogy . . . .

402 years and counting.

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Also available for Wise County:

Wise County VA Narrative History - Virginia Genealogy - eBay (item 200325554038 end time Feb-21-10 13:51:53 PST)
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Materials available on surrounding counties also:

Buchanan County VA Coal and Timber - Virginia History - eBay (item 200331409913 end time Feb-07-10 18:27:25 PST)

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And for entire Southwest Virginia:

Southwest Virginia GOLD Reference Collection - eBay (item 200366319640 end time Feb-18-10 17:44:06 PST)

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:lollipop:Back in stock! Heritage of Wise County and City of Norton

Wise County & City of Norton Virginia Heritage - eBay (item 130380295371 end time May-03-10 06:46:12 PDT)

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Christopher Gist's Journals 1750-1753 - VA, KY & OHIO - eBay (item 200332196887 end time May-10-10 20:52:18 PDT)
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:coffeedrinker: Still available!

Wise County In the Early Years-Looking Back VA History - eBay (item 130380295518 end time Aug-01-10 06:47:27 PDT)

Looking Back:Wise County In the Early Years
280 pages, with dust jacket Published By Lonesome Pine Office On Youth

This book includes almost 500 vintage photographs of people, places and events reflecting the development of Wise County and the life of its sons and daughters. "The reader of this pictorial is invited to look back to the beginning of Wise County as captured by professional photographers and family members. To a time when the hills and valleys of the country were thick with rhododendron and pats connected the miles between homes. Learn of the impact improved raods and the laying of the railroad tracks had on the people and the land. Look to the time before coal was the county's major industry and meet on these pages the people who worked on the farms, in brick factories, barrel mills and bottling companies. Gaze at the neat factories, rows of miners' homes in the coal camps and the snake-like line of coke ovens crossing the valley floor...Marvel at the beauty of a land so richly blessed with natural resources and look into the eyes of some of the most famous people this dynamic county has produced." BOOK CONTENTS I. The Early YearsII. RoadsIII TransportationIV. IndustryV. Coal CampsVI. SchoolsVII. BusinessVIII. Community LifeIX. Natural BeautyX. People, Places and Events County History Wise County was formed 1856. Constructed in the town of Wise in 1896, the present day County Courthouse is the third. The first one was burned by Union troops in 1863, and not rebuilt until 1876. New wings were added to the current structure in 1926 and 1980. Includes city of Norton and towns of Wise, Pound, Coeburn Appalachia, Big Stone Gap and St. Paul. If you are from Wise County, or have spent time in Wise County, you will find many memorable and nostalgic photos in this book! This book is now hard to find.