Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597258395
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Martinsville & Henry County Memories
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597258395
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597258395
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Martinsville Virginia
Author: Erie Perry, III
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781456574475
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Martinsville Virginia is the latest addition to Laurel Hill Publishing's History and Memory Series, which uses historical research and heritage, historical memory, to tell the story of city without limits surrounded by Henry County, Virginia.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781456574475
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Martinsville Virginia is the latest addition to Laurel Hill Publishing's History and Memory Series, which uses historical research and heritage, historical memory, to tell the story of city without limits surrounded by Henry County, Virginia.
Martinsville Memories
Author: Stephen H. Provost
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949971033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Martinsville Memories by Stephen H. Provost examines the history of Martinsville, a town in southern Virginia. A town of fewer than 15,000 people, it's been the plug tobacco capital of the world and the sweatshirt capital of the world. It hosts two stock-car races each year at a speedway that holds four times that many people - the oldest on the NASCAR circuit. It's a place of verdant beauty and blue skies a few miles north of the North Carolina state line, in the Goldilocks zone: seldom too hot in summer or two cold in winter. It has thrived as the town with the nation's most millionaires per capita and struggled through factory closures during the era of globalization.Packed with more than 200 images, Martinsville Memories looks at the town from its beginnings through its is a textual and photographic look a diverse town built on tobacco, textiles and furniture that occupies a unique place in the nation's fabric and history. From its the town's historic beginnings through its 20th century prosperity, this volume offers a nostalgic trek through time, with stops at drive-ins, old hotels and iconic storefronts along the way. Martinsville Memories doesn't stop at the city limits, but gives the reader a tour of surrounding communities such Collinsville, Ridgeway, Bassett, Spencer and Axton, as well.With a foreword by author and Martinsville native Stephen Mark Rainey, Martinsville Memories captures the triumphs and struggles of a city at the heart of the South and the soul of America.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949971033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Martinsville Memories by Stephen H. Provost examines the history of Martinsville, a town in southern Virginia. A town of fewer than 15,000 people, it's been the plug tobacco capital of the world and the sweatshirt capital of the world. It hosts two stock-car races each year at a speedway that holds four times that many people - the oldest on the NASCAR circuit. It's a place of verdant beauty and blue skies a few miles north of the North Carolina state line, in the Goldilocks zone: seldom too hot in summer or two cold in winter. It has thrived as the town with the nation's most millionaires per capita and struggled through factory closures during the era of globalization.Packed with more than 200 images, Martinsville Memories looks at the town from its beginnings through its is a textual and photographic look a diverse town built on tobacco, textiles and furniture that occupies a unique place in the nation's fabric and history. From its the town's historic beginnings through its 20th century prosperity, this volume offers a nostalgic trek through time, with stops at drive-ins, old hotels and iconic storefronts along the way. Martinsville Memories doesn't stop at the city limits, but gives the reader a tour of surrounding communities such Collinsville, Ridgeway, Bassett, Spencer and Axton, as well.With a foreword by author and Martinsville native Stephen Mark Rainey, Martinsville Memories captures the triumphs and struggles of a city at the heart of the South and the soul of America.
Martinsville & Henry County
Author: Martinsville-Henry County Woman's Club
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The Brush
Author: Graham Jones-Mashman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646030005
Category : Martinsville (N.S.W.)
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780646030005
Category : Martinsville (N.S.W.)
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Images of Henry County Virginia
Author: Thomas D. Perry
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781449931735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Historian Thomas D. Perry uses over 200 images of Henry County Virginia to tell the history of the area. Chapters on Bassett, Fieldale, Martinsville and Henry County divide this book and the county. -- Back cover.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781449931735
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Historian Thomas D. Perry uses over 200 images of Henry County Virginia to tell the history of the area. Chapters on Bassett, Fieldale, Martinsville and Henry County divide this book and the county. -- Back cover.
Martinsville and Henry County, Virginia
Author: American National Red Cross. Henry County, Virginia Chapter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Yesterday & Today
Author: Daniel D. Preston
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Data Summary
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Henry County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Martinsville, Henry County, Va
Author: Kiwanis Club of Martinsville (Va.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Martinsville (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Martinsville (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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