Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-10-12
RICHES IN STATE HISTORY
State Benefits by Work Done at
jamestown Exposition,
MANY VALUABLE VOLUMES
Containing the History Of West Nir.
elnia as Whole, by Periods, by
Regions ard BY Counties.

Char eston Oct. 4.-"Yes." said
State Archivist and Historian Virgil
A. Lewis, Il am back in the state de-
parrment Ct archives and history.
Much Of my time has been taken up
the present year with our work at the
jamestown exposition, but this will
now soon close and / shall bring our
exhibits here to be placed in this
department. ! shall be much pleased
when this Is done, but notwithstand
ing the time thus taken, much has
been accomplished in the way Of
promoting the interests Of the de-
partment. Rare manuscripts have
been secured; valuable books have
been purchaser and interesting ad-
ditions made 10 the museum section
of the depayment"
Prot. Lewis was asked as to how
the state Of West Virginia had been
discovered by historical writings. To
tits Nj Lewis replied b. saying:
THE state OF West Virginia be-
came a part Of the state Of Virginia
by the terms Of the second charter
issued in 1909 to the Virginia Com
pany OF London. when. the starving
colony at jamestown was but two
years old and continued as such for
ESQ years, so that the works of the
virgini1ia historians contain much
mater relating to what is nov West
Virginia
"AmoAg these authors continued
Prof. Lewis, are Stith, Burke Fiow-
isson, Campbell Howe, Hawks and
Foote. All OF these have written en-
tertaining'y CT early history matter
relating to West Virginia,
State Histories.
"Of works attempting to cover the
entire EIate but one has as vet been
written This is "A General History
of West Virginia, Lewis, 1889.
History and Government of West
Virginia by the same author and
fHistorg and Government OF West
Virginia, Maxwell. in way cover
the state, but both are text books
Tor use in the schools.
Periodical Fisheries.
by periodical histories, / mean
works winch refer 10 partial period
of time in history of our state OF
these WORKS we have: "The Forma-
ton of West Virginia" Parker, 1875;
Loyal West virginians from 1861 to
1865" Lars, 1875; and "An Inside
View of the Formation OF West Viz
,ginia.' Wiley 1901. }~3al
' Regional Histories.
''By regional histories 1 mean chose
that treat cf a particular region or
section of the state, and moi the whole
OF it. A number OF our most inter
estfng historical works fell under this
head, the chief of them being tn, fol-
lowing: Notes on the Settlement
and Indian Wars of Northwestern vir-
ginia (now West virgina), :" Doddridg,
1924; Chronicles of Border Warfare
e. Wlthers, 1891; Memoirs of Indian
Wars and Orher Occurrences"
Stuart, 1892; History of the Shen-
anaoah Valley" treating ON our
Eastern Panhandle and South Branch
Valley Kerchival, 1888; History Of
the Early Settlements and Indian,
Warx cf 4No,-thxxn.tor, xy;~..;..s. 81
tnow northern West virginia), de
Hass, 1851; THE Monoagahela of
Old" veech. 1852; History of the
Panhandle" covering the counties of,
Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Hancock.
Newton, 1879; r'Trans-Alleghe Pho
neers," Hale. 1887; History OF the
Upper Ohio Valley" cramer and Jep-
soa, 1890; History of the Lower
Shenandoah Valley" Towering Berke-
ley and Jeffer On couaties), Norris
1890; The Ohio Valley in Colonial
Days Fernow. 1890, History of the
Great Kanawha Valley Hale, Hogg
and Lewis, 1891 The Shenandoah
Valley in 1884 covering our East
er1 Panhandle), Pond 1892; Herr.
tage OF the Trans-Ailegheny Pho
neers; or Resources Of West vir-
giDia," Bruce, 1894; and "A History
Of the Middle New River Settlements
and Contiguous Territory" Johnston.
1906
County Histories.
Much work Of this class, said
Prof. Lewis, has been done In other
states in which good history of all the
counties therein have been written.
Some excellent work, but far too 1T
tie OF this character has been done in
or for nl1,. orn cfntn Of fhncn M