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| Author: | Trout, W. E. |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Title: | The Shenandoah River Atlas: A Virginia Canals & Navigations Society River Atlas Project. Nineteenth-Century Inland Navigations of the Virginias. |
| Publisher: | The Friends of the Shenandoah River |
| City: | Front Royal, Va. |
| Number of Pages: | 107p.: illus., drawings, maps |
| Keywords: | 1. Raines, Zachariah, 1810-1870. 2. Shenandoah River. 3. Shenandoah River - Maps. 4. Port Republic - History. |
| Abstract: | This atlas contains detailed maps and commentary on the Shenandoah River that includes the North Fork, North River, South Fork, and the main branch of the River. Coverage is both historical and current. Heavily illustrated with topographic maps detailing the complete run of the river. The economic aspect of the River is noted with information on shipping and the use of gundalows for freight movement. In Rockingham County, Port Republic is featured. "Commodore of the Shenandoah" Zachariah Raines, of Port Republic, has a featured section in the atlas. |
| Location: | BC EMU EMU-HL JMU RPL-GEN |