Hi, all--

Question for you: has anybody done much analysis of the political and  
social history of the settlements in and around the Massanutten area  
of the Shenandoah Valley in the early to mid eighteenth century?   
I've seen a couple of articles that touch on related material:

*  Chappell, Edward A. "Acculturation in the Shenandoah Valley:  
Rhenish Houses of the Massanutten Settlement."  Proceedings of the  
American Philosophical Society, Vol. 124, No. 1 (Feb. 29, 1980), pp.  
55-89.

*  Hofstra, Warren R.  "Private Dwellings, Public Ways, and the  
Landscape of Early Rural Capitalism in Virginia's Shenandoah  
Valley."  Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture, Vol. 5, Gender,  
Class, and Shelter (1995), pp. 211-224.

*  Mitchell, Robert D. "The Shenandoah Valley Frontier."  Annals of  
the Association of American Geographers, 62 (3), pp. 461–486.

And a couple of books, most notably Warren Hofstra's tremendous _The  
Planting of New Virginia_ (Hopkins, 2004).  Also often cited are  
Wayland's classic _The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley of  
Virginia_ and Wust's _The Virginia Germans_.

Unfortunately for my interests--initially aroused because of  
genealogical ties to the Massanutten settlement--Dr. Hofstra's  
primary focus is further north on the Opequon settlement (near  
Winchester), while some of the other sources that treat the  
Massanutten area (west of Luray) more directly are fairly broad and/ 
or dated.  Has anybody recently teased out more information about the  
history of the Massanutten settlement?

Thanks!

--Eric

Eric Johnson
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