Mason County

by Jason Bolte, Mason County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Mason County Convention and Visitors Bur

Book Overview

In the 1770s, George Washington surveyed the land comprising Mason County as part of a grant from the king of England to veterans of the French and Indian War. As a former officer in that war, Washington laid claim to part of Mason County and began a settlement there in 1775. The decades that followed brought other important historical figures to the county. Daniel Boone started a trading post near the banks of the Kanawha River. Samuel B. Clemens,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738566624
• ISBN13: 9780738566627
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.2"