March 28th Program: Log Home Resurrection, presented by Mark Feaster. The presentation runs approximately an hour and ten minutes.
The Shenandoah County Historical Society held its annual dinner meeting on May 16, 2023 at the historic VFW Post in Edinburg VA. The crowd enjoyed good food, good company and a terrific program about local auction house Laughlin Auctions. The presentation was given by Hoyle Laughlin II and Hoyle Laughlin III. Many local folks have great memories of attending Laughlin’s Saturday auctions.
Elections of board members was held and two new board members, Kenna Fansler and Mary Redmon, were welcomed.
At the dinner, three annual awards were presented for the John H. Adamson Excellence in Preservation Awards. These awards are made in order to honor significant works of historic preservation in Shenandoah County and, by doing so, elevate awareness of the value of historic preservation in it’s different forms and encourage others to follow.
Three awards given in 2023:
The Family of Lena French Fuller for their donation to the Shenandoah County Library Archives of the Lena French Fuller Collection. This extensive record of a lifetime of research by Lena F. Fuller includes local history from the mid-18th through the 21st Century. This valuable body of work, processed by Shenandoah County library staff, is now available to researchers.
To Zachary Hottel, Shenandoah County Library Archivist and Chairman of the Shenandoah County 250th Commemoration Committee, for the year long commemoration of Shenandoah County’s history in honor of the 250th anniversary of its founding. The commemoration included local history booklets and book, events and the sharing of local historic resources.
To Kathleen L. Brockway for her book, The Lost Shared Signing Community of Lantz Mills and Shenandoah County, which preserves the history of this important and little-known community that was incorporated into the Stories of Our Community for the 250th Anniversary of the County.
Stories of Our Community is a compilation of 12 booklets released throughout 2022 during the Shenandoah County 250th commemoration. Each booklet shares brief stories that feature some unique aspect of Shenandoah County history, offering a variety of diverse topics. These individual pamphlets had been distributed at various 250th events during 2022 and are now contained in a single, commemorative volume. The softcover book is 8.5 x 11 inches in size and contains 212 pages. It is available for $30.00, plus $5.00 shipping and handling for postal mail orders. Download a printable order form to mail back along with a check for the cost of the book.
The book can also be purchsed in person at the Historic Courthouse Museum in Woodstock, Fridays and Saturdays, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, by Dec. 31st, 2022. Cash or checks only. The museum is closed during January and February. Other in-person purchase locations include:
• Shenandoah Valley Cultural Heritage Museum, at the Edinburg Mill, open Mondays through Saturdays, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm; Sunday, noon to 5:00 pm. Closed Christmas Day.
• Hupps Hill Civil War Museum and Visitors Center in Strasburg, Open seven days a week from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
• Travelers Treasures in Woodstock, open Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 6:00 pm., Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday, from 12:30pm to 5:00 pm.
• Mount Jackson Town Office in Mt. Jackson.
More information about the Shenandoah County 250th History Series is available at www.sc250.org (on the About page).
• 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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RFD Folk Art
Tyre & Jane Yancey
To most of us, the container designed to hold US Mail (both coming and going) is a rather utilitarian contraption. The Yanceys have traveled all over the Valley looking at silos and barns and found these fun mail boxes along the way. 2011. 94 pages. 8 1/2 x 11.
Softcover
Item# 3005
Price: $20
Members: $19
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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Strange Tales from VIRGINIA'S MOUNTAINS • Norton Woodbooger • The stunning mountains of Virginia offer spectacular views and endless outdoor activities, yet they also hold many folklore secrets that have been passed down through the years. The author explores many of the unexplained mysteries. Published: 2021. 160 pages.
Softcover • Item #3017 • Price: $23.00 Members: $22.00
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
The Fairfax Line: A Historic Landmark • McClinton, Coleman & Francis F. Wayland • Includes Thomas Lewis's Journal of 1746, edited by John W. Wayland. 1996. 97 pages. Softcover • Item #3001 • Price: $14 Members: $13
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: $22.00DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
