• 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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The Great Valley Road of Virginia
Edited by Warren R. Hofstra & Karl Raitz
This book features original, previously unpublished chapters by leading scholars who delve into four significant periods of the road's development - from prehistory to colonial to American Revolution to present day. Known as the Valley Pike, or U.S. 11, it was part of the longest road in early American history from PA to GA. 2010. 309 pages.
Softcover
Item# 3002
Price: $29
Members: $28
A Short History of Page County VA
Harry Strickler
In the first half of the 18th Century, it was believed that the first settlement in the Shenandoah Valley was at Massanutten in 1776 in what is now Page County. Old homes, excerpts from court records, the Civil War, towns and villages, Shenandoah National Park, churches education, industry, Indian mounds, biography and genealogy information can all be found in this book. Published in 1952; reprinted in 1996. 427 pages.
Hardcover
Item# 3016
Price: $43
Members: $40
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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
A History of the Valley of Virginia • Samuel Kercheval • The earliest history of this section of Virginia. First edition published in 1833 and revised and enlarged by the author in 1850. Third edition came in 1902, and a fourth in 1925. An authority on early conditions in the Valley, based in part on conversations derived first hand from people who lived in the pioneer period. 1925. 405 pages. 4th Edition. 2001 reprint. Hardcover • Item #3003 • Price: $36 Members: $35
The Great Valley Road of Virginia • Edited by Warren R. Hofstra & Karl Raitz • This book features original, previously unpublished chapters by leading scholars who delve into four significant periods of the road's development - from prehistory to colonial to American Revolution to present day. Known as the Valley Pike, or U.S. 11, it was part of the longest road in early American history from PA to GA. 2010. 309 pages. Softcover • Item #3002 • Price: $29 Members: $28
Virginia Fraktur: Penmanship as Folk Art • Klaus Wust • This book was originally published in the 1970s. The author was one of the major contributors to a better understanding of the cultural heritage and history of the German immigrants who settled in the Shenandoah Valley. Archivist Jean Martin has added updated notes on the Stoney Creek artist in this new edition. 2011. 35 pages. Softcover • Item #3006 • Price: $20 Members: $19DOWNLOAD BOOK ORDER FORMS HERE
