Shenandoah Secrets

Shenandoah Secrets
Title Shenandoah Secrets PDF eBook
Author Carolyn Reeder
Publisher
Pages 208
Release 1991
Genre History
ISBN

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The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park

The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park
Title The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park PDF eBook
Author Darwin Lambert
Publisher Roberts Rinehart
Pages 354
Release 1989-01-01
Genre Nature
ISBN 1461663989

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A history of this national park written in conjunction with its 50th anniversary.

Shenandoah

Shenandoah
Title Shenandoah PDF eBook
Author Sue Eisenfeld
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 191
Release 2015-02
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0803265409

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For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park. With historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place, searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their ancestors "grieving themselves to death," and they continue to speak of their people's displacement from the land as an untold national tragedy. Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal is Eisenfeld's personal journey into the park's hidden past based on her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents' removal as well as the human face of the government officials behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship with the park--a relationship she would not have without the heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their homes.

Shenandoah Heritage

Shenandoah Heritage
Title Shenandoah Heritage PDF eBook
Author Carolyn Reeder
Publisher
Pages 104
Release 1978
Genre History
ISBN

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The Shenandoah National Park is in parts of the following Virginia counties: Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, and Warren.

"Answer at Once"

Title "Answer at Once" PDF eBook
Author Katrina M. Powell
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Pages 198
Release 2009-10-09
Genre History
ISBN 0813928532

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With the Commonwealth of Virginia's Public Park Condemnation Act of 1928, the state surveyed for and acquired three thousand tracts of land that would become Shenandoah National Park. The Commonwealth condemned the homes of five hundred families so that their land could be "donated" to the federal government and placed under the auspices of the National Park Service. Prompted by the condemnation of their land, the residents began writing letters to National Park and other government officials to negotiate their rights and to request various services, property, and harvests. Typically represented in the popular media as lawless, illiterate, and incompetent, these mountaineers prove themselves otherwise in this poignant collection of letters. The history told by the residents themselves both adds to and counters the story that is generally accepted about them. These letters are housed in the Shenandoah National Park archives in Luray, Virginia, which was opened briefly to the public from 2000 to 2002, but then closed due to lack of funding. This selection of roughly 150 of these letters, in their entirety, makes these documents available again not only to the public but also to scholars, researchers, and others interested in the region's history, in the politics of the park, and in the genealogy of the families. Supplementing the letters are introductory text, photographs, annotation, and oral histories that further document the lives of these individuals.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones (#2)

The Adventures of Bubba Jones (#2)
Title The Adventures of Bubba Jones (#2) PDF eBook
Author Jeff Alt
Publisher Beaufort Books
Pages 175
Release 2016-08-25
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0825307589

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After Inheriting legendary time travel skills from their Papa Lewis, Tommy "Bubba Jones," and his sister Jenny "Hug-a-Bug," embark on a Shenandoah National Park adventure to solve a family mystery. From the moment they reach the park entrance, the excitement begins. As they follow the clues, they travel back in time hundreds, thousands, and millions of years and come face to face with extinct creatures, endangered species, the areas first inhabitants, past presidents, former park residents, and some of the park founders. They travel deep down into mountain hollows, high up onto Talus mountain slopes, and discover more about the Shenandoah than they ever imagined. Explore the Shenandoah with Bubba Jones and family in a whole new way.

Shenandoah

Shenandoah
Title Shenandoah PDF eBook
Author Sue Eisenfeld
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 214
Release 2015-02
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0803265395

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For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park. With historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place, searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their ancestors “grieving themselves to death,” and they continue to speak of their people’s displacement from the land as an untold national tragedy. Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal is Eisenfeld’s personal journey into the park’s hidden past based on her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents’ removal as well as the human face of the government officials behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship with the park—a relationship she would not have without the heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their homes. Purchase the audio edition.