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A history of Back Creek : Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey
- Title
- A history of Back Creek : Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey / Nelson Harris.
- Author
- Harris, Nelson
- Publication
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- 222 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Since Europeans first settled along the banks of Back Creek in the 1740s, southwest Roanoke County's history has been as fluid as the creek itself. The once dense forest with log cabins gave way to the sprawling suburbs of the present. The colonial-era Trader's Path that directed Scots-Irish homesteaders, the growth of the apple industry in Bent Mountain after the Civil War, a state highway built by convicts during the Depression and Cave Spring becoming a modern commercial center have shaped the region. The changing picture of daily life in Back Creek spanning two centuries emerges in stories of one-room schoolhouses, doctors on horseback, country stores, local baseball and NASCAR races at Starkey. Local historian Nelson Harris details the eclectic history of the area." -- Page [4] of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-218) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-4751
- ISBN
- 1625859708
- 9781625859709
- 9781540227966
- 1540227960
- LCCN
- 2017955904
- OCLC
- 1004268927
- Author
- Harris, Nelson, author.
- Title
- A history of Back Creek : Bent Mountain, Poages Mill, Cave Spring and Starkey / Nelson Harris.
- Publisher
- Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2018.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- volume
- Type of Carrier
- unmediated
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-218) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-4751