Geomorphology and plant ecology of the Shenandoah Valley Waterlick to Strasburg, Virginia, July 20-23, 1989 /
Author / Creator: | Osterkamp, W. R. |
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Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : American Geophysical Union, c1989. |
Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 18 p.) : ill. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Field trip guidebook ; T350 Field trip guidebook (International Geological Congress (28th : 1989 : Washington, D.C.)) ; T350. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9336565 |
Summary: | Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 350. The Shendo Indians were among the first documented inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley and give the valley and its largest rivers their names. The first permanent settlements by Europeans started in the early part of the 18th century as a result of land grants to selected families. As farms and towns developed along the bottomlands of the Shenandoah Valley, the early Indian trails running northeast to southwest along the axis of the valley gave way to a wagon road of the pioneers, it to a stage road that was converted to the Valley Turnpike after 1830, and it to the present (1988) U.S. Route 11. Prior to the Civil War, the Valley Turnpike was macadamized, providing an advantage in military mobility to whichever army controlled the road. Much of the travel during this field trip is to be along U.S. Route 11 or its modern equivalent, Interstate 81. |
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Item Description: | On cover: 28th International Geological Congress. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 18 p.) : ill. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-18). |
ISBN: | 9781118670200 1118670205 0875905587 9780875905587 |