The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-05-01

miles from the south through 1erLlle re-
gion.s Three miles N. E. from this point
Mofett's Branch comes in from the N. W.,
heading in the Great North Mountain OPP
posite the waters of Jennings Branch, and
running for 8 miles along the Harrison
burg & Warm Springs Turnpikein an cas-
terly direction, then S. +. and S. for 3
miles, where Elk Run comes in from the
W., then S. and S. E. two miles more, to
che river. Middle River runs nearly B.,
in a very winding course, from Mofetts
Branch to near Spring Hill, where it has
an elevation of 1898 f., then S. E. 3 miles,
receiving some small runs from the s w.,
then s. 3 miles in scrpcntine course,
gaining Falling Spring Run from the S.
W., to the Valley Turnpike tClines Mill
where it is 1892 feet above tide then its
course is s. E. for two miles to the mouth
Of Lewis Greek. Nine miles N. 4. from
the mouth Of Lewis Greek in an air line,
but 20 miles by the course Of the stream,
Middle River is joined by the North River
at the County line, then continuing n. p,
for 2 miles farther, it turns for about a
mile to the S. g. and uuites with the South
River, as before stated, at Port Republic
Having given in detail an account Of the
waters Of South and Middle Rivers it now
remains to speak Of the waters Of North
River that are in this County, for the line
between it and Rockingham crosses these
waters and leaves rather less than half Of
them in Augusta.
Thirty-two miles due north. from our
starting point, at Old Providence Church
and we'll towards the n ". corner Of the
County, on the Shenandoah Mountain, are
the head Springs of North River, two
branches flowing from opposite sides Of the
Bald Knob, the one, with many tributa-
ries, flowing S. o. Z miles to the foot Of
the Great North Mountain, here called
Hankey and Narrow Back; and then n.
Il. in series of loops Tor 5 niles, where it
meets the other branch ,shieh h@s a
is. L. and S.: after uniting they break
through the North Mountain chain into
the Valley then the river runs nearly
east some three miles and receives Freenia
sons Run, which is nearly miles long
from the S. W., then the course is n. H.
for nearly miles to the County line near
Sangersyilie, receiving some small branch
es from the North Mountain, then turning
to the east for three miles it forms juno
ton with Briery Branch from Rocking
ham, then mile s. E. where it is much
augmented by Messy Greek, a stream only
some 6 miles long. but with fall Of over
1870 feet and fed by unfailing springs Of
large size. This stream heads about three
quarters of mile from North River, OPP
pos;te where it is joined by Freemason' s
Run, at Mt Scion, then running east for
three miles to Messy Greek Iron Works, on
the Harrisonburg l. Warm Springs Turn
pike, then 3 miles n. q. to North River.
North River after course Of 2 miles to
the east, from Messy Greek, is entered by
Dry River from Rockingham, and 2 miles
S. e., passing by Bridgewatcr where it
has an elevation of 1857 feet Long Glade
comes into it from the S. w after course
Of nearly 10 miles, coming from near
Spring Hill and having fall Of $50 feet.
The rest of the course OF the river to its
junction with Middle River, is S. E. iuits
| general direction, but very crooked, with
several tributaries from Rocking ham. but
with only one of Importance from Angus
ia, Naked Greek, which runs into it'd miles
above its junction with Middle River, it
comes from miles to the s. W. and W.,
with many branches, and has an available
fall of over 120 feet Besides these wa
tiers that form the Shenandoah, the BiGan
Little Calfpastures, Walkers Greek, Moi
fett's Greek and the South River of the
James rise in this County and flow s. ".
through Rock bridge county into James
River, the Big Calf pasture, heading oppo-
site the sources Of North River and flow
ing for IL miles S. w to the County line,
with number Of branches from the Shen-
andoah Mountain near thesousees Of North
River, on the N. W. The descent Of this
stream is quite rapid, falling from an ele-
walton Of some 5000 fee! near its source to
POLL near Lebanon White su'phur Springs
and 1879 at Goshen, a few miles within
the county Of Rockbridge, where it is
crossed by the Va. G. RI
The Little Calfpastuse heads opposite
Buffalo Branch on the Central Railroad.
at an elevation OF 2074 feet, and runs S.
". along the Railroad for 6 miles, falling
to 1891 feet at Craigsville, where it turns
to the left and ats miles south leaves the
County. after being joined by Smith )
Creek, which is formed from the waters
on the ". slope OF North Mountain thai
are kept from the Little Calf pasture by|
the Brown Ridge, until it is broken by tho
latter stream Walkers Creek heads Cpl
posite Middle River and runs S. w. alona
the Little North Mountain for about j
miles in this County. Notfett's Creek
rises opposite the Back Greek branch of
Middle River and runs S. ". s miles leav
ing the County at Newport Another
mill stream to S. e. a mile and hall runs
in this County about the same distance
The South River Of the Jalnss flows from
opposite the sources of the South River oil
the Shenandoah, and flows some four miles
in this County with a rapid descent.
So from the principal streams of this
County we could form one 400 miles long
having fall of 5000 feet, giying.a an enorl
nous water power, hardly surpassed in
any, region in abundance, distribution and
capabiiity of being utilized at moderate
expense: the possession Of which would
make even sterile region rich if as near
the great entreports Of commerce, but
which is now only used to turna few hun
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