num_pages: 160
description: Iron Horses in the Valley provides a history of two Virginia railroads, the Valley and Shenandoah Valley. Each history describes the activities of the men who organized, planned, financed, and constructed each railroad; the reasons one succeeded; the reasons the other failed; and finally, the impact their competition had on the development of the Roanoke Valley and the transformation of the village of Big Lick into Roanoke, the Magic City.
language: English
title: Iron Horses in the Valley: The Valley and Shenandoah Valley Railroads, 1866-1882
titlecomplete: Iron Horses in the Valley: The Valley and Shenandoah Valley Railroads, 1866-1882
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Burd Street Pr