Page 5 - History of Rockingham Co

OUTLINE OF CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
INTRODUCTION.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.

PART L— Chronological.

Chapter.

L Geography of Rockingham County.

IL Geological Features.
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IV. First White Settlers: 1727-1738.
V. Rockingham as Part of Augusta: 1738-1777.
VI.
The New County and the New Nation: 1777-1820.
VII.
VIII. A Growing Community: 1820-1860.
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X. Rockingham in the Civil War: 1861-1865.
The Days of Reconstruction: 1865-1876.
From 1876 to 1912.
Rockingham To-Day.

PART IL -Topical.

XL Towns and Villages of Rockingham.
Roads and Railroads.
XII. Race Elements and Population.
Churches and Religious Life.
XIII. Education and Schools.

XIV. Charitable Institutions.
XV.
XVI. Writers and Printers: Books and Periodicals.
XVII. Singers of Rockingham.
XVIII. Rockingham Statesmen and Jurists.
XIX. Farms and Farmers.
XX. Domestic Arts and Manufacturing^Enterprises.
XXI. Banks and Banking.
XXII. Health Resorts.
XXIII. Natural Curiosities.
XXIV. Hunting in the Western Mountains.
Boating on the Shenandoah River.
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