Randy, here are a few titles that may help point you in the right direction (caveat emptor--I can't vouch for their direct applicability!): Dissertations: Smith, James Larry. "Historical Geography of the Southern Charcoal Iron Industry, 1800-1860." Ph.D. diss., The University of Tennessee, 1982. Whittemore, Barry Thomas. "The Rural to Urban Shift in the Appalachian South: Town Building and Town Persistence in Virginia's Blue Ridge, 1880-1920." D.A. diss., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1996. Books: Clarkson, Roy B. Tumult on the Mountains: Lumbering in West Virginia 1770-1920. Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing, 2002, 1964. Gerrell, Pete. Old trees : the illustrated history of logging the virgin timber in the Southeastern United States. Crawfordville, FL: SYP (Southern Yellow Pine Pub.), 2000. Walker, Laurence C. The southern forest: a chronicle. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991. Wood, Virginia Steele. Live Oaking: Southern Timber for Tall Ships. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1995, 1981. Article: Gates, Paul Wallace. "Federal Land Policy in the South 1866-1888." The Journal of Southern History Vol. 6 No. 3. (August 1940): 303-330. Hope this contributes to the cause! --Eric Eric D. M. Johnson Proprietor The Village Factsmith Historical Research & Consulting The Cybernetick Inkwell Web Design & Development http://www.factsmith.com/ [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:47 AM Subject: Logging History in Virginia Is there a book, or perhaps a dissertation somewhere on logging in Virginia in the 19th and 20th centuries? I am particularly interested in statistics -- employment, $$$$, % of workforce, etc. for this northwest part of the State---Clarke, Frederick, Warren Counties. Randy Cabell To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html