Excerpt from Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley: An Inquiry Into the Causes of the Rapid Growth and Wonderful Development of Southwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley, With a History of the Norwolk and Western and Shenandoah Valley Railroads, and Sketches of the Principal Cities and Towns Warren county - Formed in 1836 - Character of its agricultural re sources and mineral deposits - Front Royal, the county-seat - T he twin cities, Front Royal. And Riverton - Something of their past his tory - Growth of these places after the Construction of the Shenan doah Valley railroad - Present number and character of the inhabi tants of the twin cities - The Front Royal and Riverton Improvement Company - H. H. Downing - Manufacturing and commercial inter-i ests Of the towns - The development companies-churches, schools. 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.