How did residents of Montgomery County, in Central Appalachia, Virginia, purchase essentials during the Colonial period and into the early years of the United States Republic? Colonial Virginia The British government restricted colonial Virginia from minting coins, printing paper currency, or establishing banks. Instead, silver and gold coins from England, Spain, Germany, and Portugal (knownContinue reading “Resource Series: Coinage & Currency”
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Sunnyside-Toms Creek Memorial Park, 2001
Sunnyside – Toms Creek Memorial Park is located on Glade Road, next to Fairview Community Church, 3766 Glade Road, Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060. Sunnyside-Toms Creek Veterans Association Memorial A Brief History of Our Memorial On a sunny afternoon in September, approximately 500 residents and friends of the Sunnyside and Toms Creek communities gathered to dedicate aContinue reading “Sunnyside-Toms Creek Memorial Park, 2001”
Montgomery County Undertakers, Morticians, Funeral Home Directors
Tending the Dead in Montgomery County
Gathering Blacksburg History 