1.) Switchbacks and Wagon Tracks: The Building of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
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The thick and a-cursed laurels
Secession is the cry for the South!
2.) Holding Rugged Ground: The Civil War Along the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
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Cultural differences between the two Virginias
The Battle of Allegheny Mountain
3.) We'd Be Millionaires If We had It Now: Reconstruction and Industrial Revolution Along the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
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Still a Rebel!
The giant trees
4.) Model Ts and Model Roads: The Bumpy Ride into the Modern Era Along the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
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Driving my Model T
Along came a tramp-Depression years
5.) The Old Stagecoach Line: Living Along the Turnpike
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Early Settlement by Europeans and Indians
6.) Took Off Running: Race and Culture Along the Turnpike
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Irish and Italians
7.) Old Virginians and Wildcatters: War, Wealth and Work Along the Pike
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Early Parkersburg