Topics that will be explored will include agriculture, commerce, education, government, natural resources and transportation.
We are curious to how people lived within their community, how people, goods and money moved within and beyond their community. How children were educated, where they played, and how they spent their time as young adults. There are so many questions to explore, but At this time we are diving into education.
Each of these topics and subtopics can be divided into six broad time periods: Indigenous, Early Settlement, Early Republic, Reconstruction, WWI and Depression, & WWII and lastly, Post War. Mention Worsham’s survey at this point.
Agriculture
- Animal production
- Forage, Seed, and Fruit Crops
- Land Use
Commerce
- Boarding Houses & Hotels
- Distillery
- Mills
- Restaurants
- Retail Merchants and Shops
Education
- Alleghany District
- Auburn/Lovely Mount District
- Blacksburg District
- Christiansburg District
Government
- Health & Human Services
- Emergency Services
- Town Government
- Police
Natural Resources
- Mineral Resources : Coal, Gold, Iron, Lime stone, Millstone
- Forestry
- Water – Ice, Fire hydrants, Springs, Storage Tanks
- Waste Disposal – Sewage, Coal Fly Ash Settling, Municipal Trash
Transportation
- Automobiles
- Air Travel
- Ferries and Bridges
- Horse – Stables, Livery, Hacks
- Roads
- Trains
Gathering Blacksburg History 