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Description:Excerpt from Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia The statement that this place is one of the oldest resorts in this country seems to strike the minds of some people with surprise, when they learn at the same time that it was not until the year 1892 that a railroad was constructed into this section. And yet the fact remains. As early as 1720 explorers had pushed their way up the waters of the James River and following its branches had spied out this land. That they thought it a goodly land is borne out by an application made at that time to the authorities at Williamsburg to allow them to take it up and settle a family on each one thousand acres. Before the land now occupied by the stately city of Richmond had been laid off into "town lots" (1737)for Col. Wm. Byrd, the hardy Scotch-Irish, had pushed past the already settled sections east of the Blue Ridge and begun to conquer the land. In 1745 the regular surveys were made, showing who was in possession of the different tracts, and the list embraces the names of men who swept the Indians back year after year, crushing them and Lord Dunmore's infamous plans in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, really the first battle of the Revolution. Here, too, was the nursery of the folk who, following the eastern base of the Alleghanies, populated what is now the state of Tennessee, but first known as the state of Franklin; or crossing over the Alleghanies settled in the rich valley of the Kanawha or became the pioneer settlers of Kentucky. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia The statement that this place is one of the oldest resorts in this country seems to strike the minds of some people with surprise, when they learn at the same time that it was not until the year 1892 that a railroad was constructed into this section. And yet the fact remains. As early as 1720 explorers had pushed their way up the waters of the James River and following its branches had spied out this land. That they thought it a goodly land is borne out by an application made at that time to the authorities at Williamsburg to allow them to take it up and settle a family on each one thousand acres. Before the land now occupied by the stately city of Richmond had been laid off into "town lots" (1737)for Col. Wm. Byrd, the hardy Scotch-Irish, had pushed past the already settled sections east of the Blue Ridge and begun to conquer the land. In 1745 the regular surveys were made, showing who was in possession of the different tracts, and the list embraces the names of men who swept the Indians back year after year, crushing them and Lord Dunmore's infamous plans in the battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, really the first battle of the Revolution. Here, too, was the nursery of the folk who, following the eastern base of the Alleghanies, populated what is now the state of Tennessee, but first known as the state of Franklin; or crossing over the Alleghanies settled in the rich valley of the Kanawha or became the pioneer settlers of Kentucky. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia (Classic Reprint). To get started finding Historical Sketches: Of Virginia Hot Springs, Warm Sulphur Springs, and Bath County Virginia (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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