History
Historic articles about Shannondale, the Blue Ridge, and Jefferson County.
The First Incarnation
In 1886 a few young men*, communicants from Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town WV, began a Sunday School in a schoolhouse east of the Shenandoah River and southeast of the city. The area was near Mannings, a community at the toe of Jefferson County's Blue Ridge...
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History by Jim Surkamp Marin Delany
- KatherineA
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This is the third of a 3-part series about Martin Delany, born in 1812 in Charles Town, then Virginia going on to be the first African-American... -
History by Jim Surkamp
- KatherineA
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Harriet Lane had four uncles and five cousins living in Jefferson County and at one time even co-owned the building of Shepherdstown's Sweet... -
The Underground Railroad and Slavery In Jefferson County
- KatherineA
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By Jim Surkamp View: https://youtu.be/khcUmdpWqyE -
The Lane Family by Jim Surkamp
- KatherineA
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The three short videos are WITHIN this larger video Harriet Lane - A Force of Nature View: https://youtu.be/zA6q9XkfE2w Bushy Ridge - and the... -
National Apollo 13- Disaster In Space
- KatherineA
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Apollo 13: Disaster in Space by ClearThunder By the time Apollo 13 lifted off Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center on April 11th, 1970, a journey to... -
National The Challenger Disaster January 28, 1986
- KatherineA
- 11 min read
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Challenger Disaster by ClearThunder It was an unusually frigid morning along the central Florida shores of the Atlantic Ocean when, in the... -
Local Historical Cabins In Shannondale Area
- KatherineA
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View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zygd2NLhh-A&feature=share A reminder that many came before us in this area. History right here in our... -
Citizens Of Shannondale (cos) Newsletters
- Willis
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REPOST Conversion. Originally posted by Tony on April 6, 2007. I've finally started on the task of scanning these old newsletters. I thought I... -
Jefferson County's Highway Historical Markers
- Willis
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Those Markers We See So Often They Sometimes Blend Into The Background What are they all about, where are they located throughout our County... -
Mount Weather - Our Neighbor To The South
- Willis
- 15 min read
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by ClearThunder An Expose into this Secret facility An expose' into one of the most secret and secure military bunkers in the world, just a few... -
Video Snippets From Jefferson County History
- Willis
- 9 min read
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Welcome to one of the most extensive history presentations ever assembled for our county of Jefferson, West Virginia. The presentation, which... -
Capital Airliner Crash Of 1947
- Willis
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Prologue Before there was a much development on our Mountain, tragedy struck atop the Blue Ridge. On Friday, June 13, 1947 the second worst... -
Readin', Writin', & 'rithmatic In Early Jefferson County
- Willis
- 14 min read
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Introduction A while back, Shannondale and Beyond came into possession of the edition of The Jefferson Republican, one of the local newspapers... -
Kabletown/middleway District Schools1860's-1933
- Willis
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The following material was originally contained in the Jefferson County School News Vol. 2, No. 7 dated April 1976 and graciously provided by its... -
The Shannondale Iron Furnace
- Willis
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The Shannondale Iron Furnace Near the Horseshoe Bend of the Shenandoah River A Very Brief History In the early 1700's, William Fairfax became... -
A Mystery Thriller 1956
- Willis
- 15 min read
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Back Story: Jefferson County's newspaper, "The Sprit of Jefferson's Farmers' Advocate" was put in an unique situation as a weekly publication to... -
Schools Of The Blue Ridge, Reminiscences
- Willis
- 14 min read
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Introduction The editors are trying to piece together a history of the schools of the Blue Ridge. We've been able to collect a few items and would... -
Jefferson County's First Hospital
- Willis
- 8 min read
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Jefferson County's First Hospital Note from the editors: The article comes from the sesquicentennial issue of the Jefferson Republican, dated...
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