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Along Virginia’s Route 58 : True Tales From Beach to Bluegrass.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tennis, Joe.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic sites--United States Highway 58 (Va. and Tenn.).
- Historic sites.
- Automobile travel--Virginia--Anecdotes.
- Automobile travel.
- United States Highway 58 (Va. and Tenn.)--Description and travel--Anecdotes.
- United States Highway 58 (Va. and Tenn.).
- United States Highway 58 (Va. and Tenn.)--Guidebooks.
- Virginia--Tours.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--Description and travel--Anecdotes.
- Virginia--History, Local--Anecdotes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The History Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Route 58 stretches across all five hundred miles of Virginia, from the sandy shores of the Atlantic to the waterfalls and wild ponies of the Blue Ridge Highlands.Weird, quirky and intriguing legends and lore lie along this historic highway, including a UFO landing in South Hill, Virginia Beach's "witch duck" controversy of 1706 and Nat Turner's.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Trail of Tales
- 1. Beach: Cape Henry
- 2. Monopoly on the Oceanfront: Virginia Beach
- 3. Francis Land House: Virginia Beach
- 4. Mount Trashmore: Virginia Beach
- 5. Witch in an Eggshell: Virginia Beach
- 6. Chimneytown: Norfolk
- 7. Young Douglas: Norfolk
- 8. Elizabeth River: Norfolk
- 9. The Commodore: Portsmouth
- 10. Iron Fist and Sticky Fingers: Portsmouth
- 11. Glorious Paradise: Great Dismal Swamp
- 12. Riddick's Folly: Suffolk
- 13. Peanut Capital of the World: Suffolk
- 14. The Flood: Franklin
- 15. Go Into Jerusalem: Courtland
- 16. The Applejack Raid: Emporia
- 17. Brunswick Stew: Lawrenceville
- 18. Fort Christanna: Brunswick County
- 19. South of the Hill: South Hill
- 20. Boyd Town: Boydton
- 21. Rebellion on the Roanoke: Clarksville
- 22. Sir Peyton's Place: Clarksville
- 23. Lake Country: Clarksville
- 24. Fountain of Liquid Gold: Buffalo Springs
- 25. Thrill of Berry Hill: South Boston
- 26. Last Capitol of the Confederacy: Danville
- 27. Wreck of the Old 97: Danville
- 28. Give Me Leatherwood!: Henry County
- 29. Cannons to the Courthouse: Martinsville
- 30. Tragedy on Tobacco Road: Critz
- 31. A Boy Named James: Stuart
- 32. Cross Rocks: Fairy Stone State Park
- 33. Kissing Bridges: Woolwine
- 34. Virginia Is for Leaping Lovers: Patrick County
- 35. Dan River Queen: Meadows of Dan
- 36. The Real Mayberry: Blue Ridge Parkway
- 37. Shootout Story: Hillsville
- 38. Capital on the Crooked Road: Galax
- 39. The Dam Plan: New River
- 40. Peach Bottom Falls: Independence
- 41. Wild Ponies: Grayson Highlands State Park
- 42. Virginia's Rooftop: Mount Rogers
- 43. Eleanor Roosevelt Was Here: Whitetop Mountain
- 44. Creeper Country: Green Cove.
- 45. Holy Ground for Hikers: Damascus
- 46. Martha Girls: Abingdon
- 47. Beans for Barter: Abingdon
- 48. At the Moonlite: Abingdon
- 49. Fake Lake: Bristol
- 50. Border Bash: Bristol
- 51. Hank's Last Ride: Bristol
- 52. Johnny and June: Hiltons
- 53. The Town That Would Not Drown: Clinchport
- 54. Tale of the Tornado: Rye Cove
- 55. Stupendous Scale: Natural Tunnel State Park
- 56. Cold War: Jonesville
- 57. Pioneer Graves: Lee County
- 58. Bluegrass: Cumberland Gap
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62585-616-4
- OCLC:
- 1414458728
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