John Heatwole

John L. Heatwole (1948-2006) ya kasance mai zane-zane, masanin tarihi, jagorar yawon shakatawa, kuma mai ba da labari wanda ya tattara kuma ya adana daruruwan tarihin baki da labarun gargajiya daga Kwarin Shenandoah da kuma ko'ina cikin Virginia da West Virginia ta hanyar rubuce-rubuce, laccoci, da shirye-shiryen rediyo.

An haifi Heatwole a Washington, DC kuma ya girma a Arewacin Virginia, inda ya sadu da matarsa Miriam . Bayan makarantar sakandare, ya yi aiki a cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka. Ya yi aiki a Laburaren Majalisa.

Heatwole ya koma Kwarin Shenandoah a rinjayar kawunsa kuma ya fara aiki a Kamfanin Virginia Craftsmen Furniture Company a Harrisonburg, Virginia, a watan Maris na shekara ta 1974 a matsayin shugaban mai zane-zane. Ya bude shagon kansa a Bridgewater, Virginia, a shekara ta 1976.

 Mai zane 
Heatwole ya fara aiki a cikin yumɓu, amma ya juya zuwa zane-zane a farkon shekarunsa na 20, yana neman masu ba da shawara guda biyu waɗanda suka koya masa yin amfani da kayan aikin zane-zane. Heatwole ya nuna fasaharsa a bainar jama'a na shekaru da yawa kafin ya sami nasarar dabarun lokacin da aka nuna fasahar sa a cikin kantin sayar da kayan Kirsimeti na Neiman Marcus na 1979 a Washington, DC. Ya ci gaba da nunawa a can har zuwa shekara ta 1985. Gidan Tarihin Delaware ya gayyaci Heatwole don nuna aikinsa a 1989, kuma a 1990 ya kara wani yanki zuwa tarin dindindin. A shekara ta 2004, kungiyar Tarihin Harrisonburg-Rockingham ta nuna fiye da 200 a gidan kayan gargajiya a Dayton don bikin cika shekaru 30 na yanke shawara na canjin aikin mai zane. A cikin 1991 Heatwole ya zama mai zane na farko daga Virginia don nuna fasaha a cikin Capitol Rotunda . Ya zuwa shekara ta 2004, Heatwole ya kiyasta cewa ya kammala kusan abubuwa 3,000 na fasaha.

 Masanin tarihi da mai kiyayewa 
Sha'awar Heatwole game da tarihin yakin basasa ta fara ne tun yana yaro. Ya ceci harsashi, buckles, tukwane da sauran kayan tarihi masu alaƙa da yaƙi daga filin da ke kusa da gidansa.

Heatwole shine marubucin littattafai da littattafai da yawa, gami da Virginia da West Virginia Mountain da Valley Folk Life Series da The Burning: Sheridan na cikin Shenandoah Valley, wanda ya shafi tasirin yakin neman zabe na Sheridan a 1864 a kan fararen hula. ,   Heatwole's Shenandoah Voices: Folklore, Legends, and Traditions of the Valley, wanda aka buga a 1995, ya nuna abubuwan tunawa da mutanen da ya yi hira da su waɗanda suka girma a ƙarni na 19 da na 20.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2006
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1948