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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN num: 9781570722561
ISBN number: 1570722560
Label: Overmountain Press
Manufacturer: Overmountain Press
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Page Count: 166
Printing Date: June 01, 2004
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The mountains, rivers, and lakes of Southwest Virginia have invited explorers since the mid-1700s. Now this land beckons the modern traveler with its siren song of beauty, wonder, and history. Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See extols the virtues of this national treasure and serves as a guide for those who want to find the best of America. As you journey with author Joe Tennis through Southwest Virginia Crossroads, he relates the history of the land and its people, chronicling the fascinating stories birthed in this fabled region, as well as age-old place-names and their origins. County maps and detailed directions lead you to all the little- and best-known attractions housed in cities and towns like Bristol and Abingdon or sheltered within the rolling farmland and weathered mountains. Even those familiar with the area will want to visit waterfalls, lakes, towns, cities, restaurants, and historical sites discovered in the! pages of this comprehensive work. Whether on the car dashboard or at home on the coffee table, Southwest Virginia Crossroads is a wealth of knowledge and a delight to read.
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A newspaper journalist friend of mine wrote this book over ten years of trapsing the hills and mountains of his ancestral home of Southwest Virginia, chasing stories for the paper, and meeting everyone and uncovering nearly every story and beautiful place of Virginia's wilds along the way.
If you want to hike with the wild but friendly ponies of the Southwest Virginia Blue Ridge mountain ranges, climb Virginia's highest peak, or just find out the history of old Virginia places, like the stunning Burke's Garden, this is the book for you. These are just some of the experiences I have had using this book as a guide through Virginia's backyard. The good directions and maps will get you there to trail heads and take out points along the way.
I don't live in South West Virginia, and before I read this book (now in its second printing), I thought of Virginia in very local terms. Since then, I've realized that the history that starts here in my area, continues there in SW Va., the historic frontier. I've also been venturing out to "undiscovered" streams and waterfalls, getting away from the grind. The book makes for good weekend getaways, and you can afford to make these frequent, as SW Virginia tends to be less expensive than the rest of the state.
For everyone, and especially if you are from Southwest Virginia, I think you'll find the book indispensible for its history of your area, neglected too long. You'll not only know where to take out of town guests, but how to answer their questions about the things you've probably always wondered too -- just how did Hungry Mother State Park get its name? And what sight raised the hair on arms and necks leading to the name Goose Pimple Junction anyway? And what about Daniel Boone, Revolutionary and Civil War sites, ancient churches & communities, missing settlers, Virginia Indian Tribes still here, Blackbeard, railroads, oil and gold strikes, salmon and the best view east of Colorado? Southwest Virginians have a place and history they can be proud of, but I wonder how much of it is being passed on to the kids. This book will give you the stories to tell as you drive down the road. It will serve as a jump point for further investigation. And it will introduce you to places you will love, even if you've lived in Virginia all your life.
Interested in the project, I have been looking for a while at what else is out there. I know you'll find that this is the most thorough book of its kind for Virginia's beautiful but wild back yard; it's worth taking some weekends away to trace through the South West Virginia Crossroads.
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