Past Time: A COLLECTION OF HISTORY AROUND PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA

By Langhorne Jones Jr.

A collection of articles, vignettes, and recollections on the history of Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The Table of Contents: 1. INDIANS GREW TOBACCO BEFORE WHITE SETTLERS 2. PITTSYLVANIA'S FIRST COUNTY SEAT 3. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETITION 4. DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN OF COMPETITION 5. SOME HISTORY OF "LITTLE CHERRYSTONE" 6. GUNPOWDER MADE AT "CLEMENT HILL" DURING REVOLUTION - 1775 7. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY COURTHOUSE (FROM 1854 TO TODAY) 8. ORIGINAL CLERK'S OFFICE IN CHATHAM 9. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY JAILS 10. "OLD JOE CLARK" 11. THE DAY YANKEE PRISONERS WERE MARCHED THRU CHATHAM 12. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT HISTORY 13. THE REMARKABLE SAM LOVELACE 14. GRETNA: AN EARLY HISTORY 15. REMEMBRANCE FROM PITTSVILLE, VA 16. THERE WERE SPIRITS IN CHATHAM AT TURN OF CENTURY 17. LARGEST ILLEGAL WHISKEY OPERATION IN VIRGINIA 18. FIRST TRAIN TRACKS THROUGH CHATHAM 19. THE F&P RAILROAD 20. HURT WAS BORN AS A CORPORATE TOWN IN 1967 21. A BRIEF LOOK AT YATES TAVERN 22. CEDAR FOREST, THE HOME 23. CHATHAM HOTEL 24. THE SAFE SIDE OF THE STREET 25. THE ARMS OF CHATHAM 26. POSTER FOR FARMERS WAREHOUSE 27. WORLD WAR I HAD ITS EFFECT ON CHATHAM 28. I DREAM OF "JANIE" 29. CHATHAM ICE PLANT 30. DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER SYSTEM IN TOWN OF CHATHAM 31. THE OLD TOBACCO BARN 32. TOBACCO BARN AT TOWN PARK 33. THE COUNTY FLAG, PRIDE OF PITTSYLVANIA 34. FIRST PHONES IN CHATHAM 35. CHATHAM: VIRGINIA'S CAPITAL FOR A DAY 36. DAVIS TAVERN 37. BOLANZ STORE AND DISTILLERY 38. COUNTY NEWSPAPER HISTORY 39. STREETCAR DINER 40. HOW TIGHTSQUEEZE GOT ITS NAME 41. COUNTY HAD 94 POST OFFICES AT TURN OF CENTURY 42. THE GREAT FLOOD OF 1940 43. LARGE FIRES IN CHATHAM 44. CHATHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT 45. CHATHAM BURIAL PARK 46. CCC CAMPS IN PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY 47. HITLER'S SAILORS AT SANDY LEVEL

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D8BXBXXW
• ISBN13: 9798327323209
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"