A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia
- ISBN-10
- 0932807291
- ISBN-13
- 9780932807298
- Category
- Virginia
- Pages
- 442
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- The Overmountain Press
- Author
- Charles A. Johnson
Description
This history is enriched with personal recollections and reminiscences. Its pages are filled with the names of those individuals who settled, or helped in some way to establish the County, as well as those who are remembered for various other reasons. The fifty-four illustrations include Wise County’s commonwealth attorneys, from the first (1856) to the twenty-first (1935).
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