Blacksburg Bicentennial

Other Documents, Old and New

The Mayors of Blacksburg: List of the Mayors who have served the Town of Blacksburg from 1871 to the present
The Antiquities of Blacksburg: Article from the Virginia Tech Engineer by Howard Shaeffer Avery, V. P. I. class of 1928
Blacksburg History: Ralph M. Brown's extracts from the V. P. I. Historical Index, 1872-1938
A History of Blacksburg (1939): A history by Mrs. S. A. Wingard ranging from the pioneer days to the first Western Union office in 1916
A Social Study of the Blacksburg Community: Excerpts from the 1935 article by William Edward Garnett, rural sociologist
Facts about the Blacksburg Community (1946): A compilation of various facts and bits of information about the town by Leland B. Tate
A Brief History of the Blacksburg Area (1953): A recollection of the town and its history by R.D. Michael
Church Trends, Conditions, and Related Questions (1953?): A pamphlet produced by the Blacksburg Ministerial Association, describing the churches in Blacksburg from 1934-1953
Miscellaneous Information Showing Growth and Increases in the Town of Blacksburg: Water usage, retail sales, real estate assessments, and town budgets from 1961-1966
Data About the Town of Blacksburg(1966): Informaton about the town, in 1966, prepared by the Chamber of Commerce
In and Out of Context: Blacksburg's "Roots": J. M. Robertson's article from the winter 1977 Context
Blacksburg, Virginia: Blacksburg history from 1748 to 1900 by D. McCombs in 1981
The Laying Out of Blacksburg: A description of the original laying out of the town, by Daniel Pezzoni, March 1984

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