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 [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html