Author: Larry S. Chowning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467102504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Just 35 years after Jamestown was settled, Virginia colonists planted tobacco in nearby Middlesex County, an area strategically located between two major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Middlesex life has been closely tied to both land and water. From the commerce of the early steamboats to the modern oyster-farming industry, the waterways have provided an avenue for business and a bountiful harvest of crabs, fish, and oysters. The county's modern boating industry grew from a 19th-century wooden boatbuilding tradition. The center of that industry, Deltaville, is known today as the "Boating Capital of the Chesapeake Bay." From the county's oyster heritage came Virginia's most famous celebration, the Urbanna Oyster Festival, which annually draws 60,000 people to the small waterfront town. Stately homes and churches that predate the Revolutionary War include Colonial Christ Church, which annually attracts hundreds of marines to the gravesite of Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated marine in the history of the United States Marine Corps, who retired to the county in 1955.
Middlesex County
Author: Larry S. Chowning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467102504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Just 35 years after Jamestown was settled, Virginia colonists planted tobacco in nearby Middlesex County, an area strategically located between two major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Middlesex life has been closely tied to both land and water. From the commerce of the early steamboats to the modern oyster-farming industry, the waterways have provided an avenue for business and a bountiful harvest of crabs, fish, and oysters. The county's modern boating industry grew from a 19th-century wooden boatbuilding tradition. The center of that industry, Deltaville, is known today as the "Boating Capital of the Chesapeake Bay." From the county's oyster heritage came Virginia's most famous celebration, the Urbanna Oyster Festival, which annually draws 60,000 people to the small waterfront town. Stately homes and churches that predate the Revolutionary War include Colonial Christ Church, which annually attracts hundreds of marines to the gravesite of Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated marine in the history of the United States Marine Corps, who retired to the county in 1955.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467102504
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Just 35 years after Jamestown was settled, Virginia colonists planted tobacco in nearby Middlesex County, an area strategically located between two major rivers and the Chesapeake Bay. Middlesex life has been closely tied to both land and water. From the commerce of the early steamboats to the modern oyster-farming industry, the waterways have provided an avenue for business and a bountiful harvest of crabs, fish, and oysters. The county's modern boating industry grew from a 19th-century wooden boatbuilding tradition. The center of that industry, Deltaville, is known today as the "Boating Capital of the Chesapeake Bay." From the county's oyster heritage came Virginia's most famous celebration, the Urbanna Oyster Festival, which annually draws 60,000 people to the small waterfront town. Stately homes and churches that predate the Revolutionary War include Colonial Christ Church, which annually attracts hundreds of marines to the gravesite of Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated marine in the history of the United States Marine Corps, who retired to the county in 1955.
The Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Va., from 1653 to 1812
Author: Christ Church (Middlesex County, Va.)
Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Author: Duane Hamilton Hurd
Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex Co. (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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Category : Middlesex Co. (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
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History of Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1664-1920
Author: John Patrick Wall
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Category : Middlesex County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Author: Samuel Adams Drake
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Middlesex County and Its People
Author: Edwin P. Conklin
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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History of Middlesex County, Connecticut
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Category : Middlesex County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category : Middlesex County (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
A Place in Time
Author: Darrett Bruce Rutman
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393303186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Describes the social and economic conditions in Virginia during the hundred years prior to the Revolution, and examines how the county developed
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780393303186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Describes the social and economic conditions in Virginia during the hundred years prior to the Revolution, and examines how the county developed
Middlesex County Manual
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Middlesex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Hagstrom Middlesex County Atlas
Author: Hagstrom Map Company
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880970075
Category : Middlesex County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes a key map, brief county information, population statistics, main through routes, parks, points of interest, guides, indexes, street maps, zip codes and a legend.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880970075
Category : Middlesex County (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Includes a key map, brief county information, population statistics, main through routes, parks, points of interest, guides, indexes, street maps, zip codes and a legend.