The Stronghold, A Story of Historic Northern Neck and Its People - Softcover

Haynie, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087517101X ISBN 13: 9780875171012

Publisher: Dietz Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Mrs. Haynie tells in story form the history of the Northern Neck of Virginia covering the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Mrs. Haynie writes about the distinguished men and women - George Washington and Robert E. Lee among them - who were born there. She also discusses and records many of the traditions and customs unique to this region of the state. Invaluable as a reference book for those interested in the history of Virginia.

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Tidewater

The country surrounding the Chesapeake Bay, which is known as the Tidewater, has been compared to the Bible Lands, the Netherlands and Venice.

Captain John Smith, military leader of the espedition to Virginia in 1607, who explored and mapped the Chesapeake Bay and the Bay country, described it thus:

"There is but one entrance by sea into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very godly Bay, the widenesses whereof is 18 or 20 miles.

"Within is a country...heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation...Here are...hills, plains, valleys, rivers and brooks all running most pleasantly into a faire Bay compassed but for the mouth with fruitful and delightsome land..."

About this edition

• Publisher: Dietz Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 087517101X
• ISBN 13: 9780875171012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256