• 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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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
Arrival of THE FIRST AFRiCANS in Virginia
Ric Murphy
In 16619, a group of thirty-two African men, women and children arrived on the shores of Virginia, after having been kidnapped in the royal city of Kabasa, Angola and forced aboard the Portuguese slave ship San Juan Bautista. The ship was attacked by privateers and taken to the English New World colony.
Softcover
Item# 3014
Price: $23.00
Members: $22.00
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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
A Short History of Page County VA • Harry Strickler • In the first half of the 18th Century, it was believed that the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley was at Massanutten in 1776 in what is now Page County. Old homes, excerpts from court records, the Civil War, towns and villages, Shenandoah National Park, churches education, industry, Indian mounds, biography and genealogy information can all be found in this book. Published in 1952; reprinted in 1996. 427 pages. Hardcover • Item #3016 • Price: $43 Members: $40
Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art • Klaus Wust • This book was originally published in the 1970s. The author was one of the major contributors to a better understanding of the cultural heritage and history of the German immigrants who settled in the Shenandoah Valley. Archivist Jean Martin has added updated notes on the Stoney Creek artist in this new edition. 2011. 35 pages. Softcover • Item #3006 • Price: $20 Members: $19
A Guidebook to Virginia's Historical Markers • Scott David Arnold • Compiled. Guidebook includes text, photos, and updates of more than 1850 official state historical markers placed along Virginia's roadways since 1927. This is the last one published. Book is divided into six geographical-cultural regions and contains maps and three individual indexes to help. 2009. 384 pages. Third Edition. Softcover • Item #3007 • Price: $23 Members: $22DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
