Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-04
THE HERALD's HISTORICAL CHAPTERS

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Samuel Kercheyaps History of
the Valley" which includes the
Page Valley and the border coun'
ties of West Virginia and the Cum
berland Valley in Maryland, with
realistic sketches of all the Indian
wars this side of the Ohio river.
No man can read these first chap
ters without anticipating the inter
est with which they will be invest
ed as they proceed. Those who do
not get the first chapters to be filed
away OF placed in a scrap book will
regret it before the conclusion.
The last seventy-seven pages con-
stitute the finest advertisements Of
the various manufactures, summer
resorts, agricultural lands and va
rious other things ever written Of
our Valley, a portion of West
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania.
The graphic descriptions of the
face of the country, its rivers and
mountains, caverns and springs, Its
hanging rocks and towering natur-
a! monuments will be fresh reading
to this generation. Jefferson,
Berkeley and Frederick come in for
a large share of notice. Rocking
ham, Augusta, Highland, Hardy,
Hampshire, Page, Warren and
Shenandoah have natural curlosi-
ties and mineral springs, Of which
they know comparatively nothing.
This History calls attention to them
all. Every watering place, and
even the unused medicinal springs
from the Potomac to Bristol, Is
treated Of in this book. Hundreds
of families are mentioned by name,
and many noble and heroic deeds
arc written of them.
Ebbing and Flowing, Falling
Run, Trout Pond, Devils Garden,
Lost River, Capon, Hanging Rock,
Ice Mountain, ShannOndale, Salus,
or Bonds Springs, Orkney, Capon,
or Frye's Springs, White Sulphur,
Towards Lick, Paddy's Gap, or
Maurer's White Sulphur, Williams,
or Duyslrs Sulphur Springs, Gray
Earth, WeyeI's Cave, the Warm,
Hot, Sweet and Red Sulphur, the
towns of Winchester, Staunton,
Charlottesville, Lewisburg, Har-
per's Ferry, HarrisOnburg, Wood
stock, and all the intermediate
towns and villages, Apps Valley,
Powel's Fort, Natural Bridge, So
PTS Knobs, Salt Pond, in Giles
county, The Great Royal Oak, Fire
Hunting, Cooks Fort, Indian Creek,
Regulatory Spring, House Cave,
Harrison's Cave, Berkeley County
Cave, Prospect Rock, New Greek
Gap, the Indian Church, Jefferson's
Rock, ard a history of all the
churches of that day form interest
ing subjects of this book OF the
past, now to be found in a very few
households. 1t would require col
umns to give the names Of the fam
lilies in this history. A few may be
mentioned: the Aliens, Ruther-
fords, Smiths, Stuarts, McCantrys,
Bowens, Luptons, Ianes, Beans,
Gatewoods, fuckers, Wares, Tolys,
Kerfoots, Richardson's, Kennerlys,
Hays, BerkeIeys, Burwells, Magills,
Carriers, Neills, Hollingsworths,
MasoDs, Hites, Bowmans, Rhodes,
Clarks, Lewis, Craigs, Madsons,
Prestons, Taylors, Harness, Fur
mans, Hills, HarrisOns, Moores,
Cartmells, McDonalds, Erskines,
McKees, Higgins, Armstrong;, Ma
ZONES, McClays, DickinsOns, Mayes,
Keneades, Stearnes, Mathews, May
ers, Blackburns, Byrds, Grahams,
Williamsons, Clanahans, Samuels,
Fitzgeralds, Thompsons, Simpsons,
Walkers, McKeevers, Keckleys,
McNeils, Munchs, Klines, Keysers,
Chrismans, Browns, Meeks, Woods,
Stickleys, Williams, Parkers, Lind
scys, Larues, Laffertys, Ellisons,
LybrOoks, Snydows, Halls, Esteps,
Stephens, Bartons, McKays, Rileys,
Whites, Stovers, Kavanaughs,
Sheetz, Wrights, Steenbergens,
Frys, Maurers, Phillips, Far
lys, Loonys, Poages, Russells, New
ellis, Wilson's, Evans, ClOyds, Cal
ders, Beirnes, Tomlinsons, GleDns,
Blues, Van Meters, and hundreds
of others. These are but few Sc
lected from the several counties to
show how general the publication
is and how interesting It's repro
duction at this time. Hundreds OF
daring deeds by grandfathers ana
graudmothers Of people now living
are recited, and many readers OF
the chapters we publish from week
to week will he moved 10y them to
search for the old grave IN a neg
lected cemetery to fix au imperlsh-
able stone above it.
BY the time this publication Is
complete, we hope to have ready a
number of sketches Of Che growth
of this section of Virginia and part
OF W Test Virginia, which will take
up all the subjects treated OF aud
follow them down to this period
Railroad development, new discov
cries of caverns, the progress OF the
counties, cities and towns in popG-