A Special Place for 200 Years

A History of Blacksburg, Virginia

Clara B. Cox, Editor

Copyright Statement
Foreword: by Roger Hedgepeth
Preface: by James I. Robertson, Jr.
A Word from the Editor: by Clara B. Cox
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Why We Are Here: by Will McElfresh
Chapter 2: Early Blacksburg, 1740s-1840s: by Peter Wallenstein
Chapter 3: Blacksburg during the Civil War: by Dorothy H. Bodell and Mary Elizabeth Lindon
Chapter 4: Blacksburg Social Life and Customs: by Dorothy H. Bodell
Chapter 5: Blacksburg: An Architectural Overview: by J. Daniel Pezzoni
Chapter 6: Blacksburg Educates Its Children, 1740s-1990s: by Clara B. Cox
Chapter 7: Blacksburg Transported: From Wagons to Jet Airplanes: by Patricia S. Neumann
Chapter 8: The Transformation of a Frontier Political Culture: Blacksburg's Early Experience, 1745-1870: by B. Scott Crawford
Chapter 9: Blacksburg Politics and Government: Highlights after Incorporation: by Kenneth Singletary
A Sidebar: Blacksburg's Mayors and the Evolution of Town Government: by Donna Boone-Caldwell
Chapter 10: Business and Industry in Blacksburg: by Joanne M. Anderson
Selected Bibliography

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A Special Place for 200 Years

A History of Blacksburg, Virginia

Clara B. Cox, Editor

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