• Foster a spirit of cooperation between existing organizations, writers, historians, genealogists, collectors, preservationists, and other members of the Shenandoah County community.
• Aid in the collection and creation of materials and publications about the history of Shenandoah County and ensure that they are preserved and made available to the community.
• Support efforts by citizens, organizations and government to preserve historic buildings and sites.
• Share history through programs and exhibits.
The Shenandoah County Historical Society was founded in 1985 and is established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It is completely volunteer driven. The Society is sustained by memberships, donations, grants and profits from book sales. All donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
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The Archaeology of Virginia's First Peoples
Elizabeth Moore and Bernard Means
This book surveys a timespan that stretches back more than 15,000 years, as evidenced by the Cactus Hill Archaelogical site in Sussex County and numerous other sites throughout Virginia. The editors and six other archaelogists contributed. 308 pages
Softcover
Item# 3015
Price: $55
Members: $50
Images of America: Massanutten
Christine Michaels
A 50-mile-long mountain range that ends in a striking peak in the Shenandoah Valley of western Virginia, splitting the Blue Ridge Mts. from the Alleghenies and the North & South Forks of the Shenandoah River. Once an area where Native Americans dwelled, it boasted healing springs that blossomed into a resort. This book chronicles its history. 2007. 128 pages.
Softcover
Item# 3009
Price: $21
Members: $20
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Scandalous Son: The Elusive Search for Dolley Madison's Son, John Payne Todd • Philip Bigler • This book tackles the dark side of the American Dream, the saga of rags-to-riches in just three generations. It is the tragic,albeit all to common, story of a promising heir battling family and society's expectations --and losing it all. 2015. 352 pages. Softcover • Item #3010 • Price: $21 Members: $20
Buildings of Virginia: Valley, Piedmont, Southside, and Southwest • Anne Carter Lee • One of the Buildings of the United States series of the Society of Architectural Historians. This book includes many pages on the Shenandoah Valley and Shenandoah County. Several photos of buildings in Shenandoah County are featured. 2015. 592 pages. 10 x 7.4. 300 images. 31 maps. Hardcover • Item #3011 • Price: $75 Members: $70
Perfectly Unconventional • Cheryl Lyon • A story of three city women who escape the proscribed and restrictive Victorian era to pursue creative careers during the 1880s, far from home in the rural Virginia hamlet of Fisher’s Hill. 2023. 416 Pages. Softcover • Item #2044 • Price: $35 Members: $35
The Campaign for Woman Suffrage in Virginia • Julienne & Baston Tarter • At the centenary of the movement, this book recognizes the important contributions of women who created two statewide organizations to win the right to vote. 208 pages. 6 in. x 9 in. Softcover • Item #3013 • Price: $25 Members: $24DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
