RHS Collections #0060 - #0076
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Contains 2 Results:
General, 1954
File — Container: RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript essays entitled "Iron-masters of Rockbridge County," "The Old Charcoal Iron Furnaces; Its Construction and Operation, "Victoria Furnace at Goshen," "Extracts from the Testimony in the Law Suit Weaver vs. Jordan Davis and Co." and "A Biographical Sketch of William Weaver." Also includes Lexington New Gazette article on iron works, a Richmond Times-Dispatch article on Rockbridge "pyramid." Inlcudes essay entitled "California Furnace," as well as essay about the history of...
Dates:
1954
Buena Vista, Buffalo Forge, John Jordan
File — Container: RHS Collections #0060 - #0076, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
This file contains typescript essays and historical accounts of the development and ownership of Buena Vista and Buffalo Forge ironworks. Also includes a map of the county and the location of ironworks with notes from Douglas Brady in 1944. Contains detailed map of Buffalo Forge. Includes Richmond Times-Dispatch article on the ironworks from 1936. Includes photocopy of article explaining ironwork processes at the time.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1930 - 1956-09-15