Alleghany County Heritage

Alleghany County Heritage
Author: Alleghany Historical-Genealogical Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 555
Release: 1983-01-01
Genre: Alleghany County (N.C.)
ISBN: 9780894592096

Alleghany County

Alleghany County
Author: Samuel Hale II
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-01-16
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1439659257

Alleghany County was formed in 1822 from parts of Botetourt, Bath, and Monroe Counties. The area was settled in 1746, and by the early part of the 19th century, a number of settlements and large farms were operating locally. Covington, Clifton Forge, Iron Gate, Longdale, Selma, Low Moor, and other small communities developed, and the natural resources in the area led to the establishment of several industrial operations. The railroad came to Selma in 1857, and after the Civil War, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad was completed to Huntington, West Virginia. The abundance of timber, rich deposits of iron ore, and accessibility to rails, rivers, and streams contributed to industrial growth. Brickyards, lumber mills, tanneries, iron smelters, and agricultural operations attracted other businesses and industries, bringing rapid growth to the area. In Covington, the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company built a mill in 1899. Ever since, the company has served as the county's economic mainstay.

ALLEGANY COUNTY & ITS PEOPLE

ALLEGANY COUNTY & ITS PEOPLE
Author: John Stearns 1834-1920 Minard
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 1106
Release: 2016-08-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781360176321

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Alleghany Images

Alleghany Images
Author: Jeff Halsey
Publisher: Star Route Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-11
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781734767650

Alleghany Images by Jeff Halsey & Claire Brooks. Alleghany Images features beautiful, selected photographs from the digital archive of the Alleghany Historical Museum, a project of the Alleghany Historical - Genealogical Society in Sparta, North Carolina. With careful photographic restoration, research, book design and prepress services by Claire Brooks and Jeff Halsey at Imaging Specialists, Inc. The book was developed to help raise money for the Alleghany Historical Museum which receives a portion of the proceeds from sales. For more information on the museum project, visit: ahgs.org. The cover photo is of the Halsey Ferry that operated at Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. It comes from Bill Irwin.