Livestock's Rise in Tazewell County History
In L L Dickensons summary of G W L Bickleys 1852 history of Tazewell County the article traces livestock growth from frontier subsistence to a regional cash market. It notes horses cattle and hogs moving through Eastern Virginia and North Carolina fields, early financing troubles, wartime packing industry origins, and 1850 vs 1940 livestock counts with prices per head.
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L. L. Dickenson
Tazewell
Nature Livestock Bag
Southwest
G. W. L. Bickley
Virginia
North
Caro
Weinenstein
Bickley
Tazewell Acres
Buchanan County Democrats Convene to Choose Delegates
Buchanan County holds a mass meeting on Saturday June 23 to select 20 delegates with half votes for the State Democratic Convention in Richmond on July 27. The GOP has not issued a call for a local meeting to choose delegates for the Republican National Convention.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Richmond
Roanoke
Rath
W. Clyde Dennis
E. M. Bone
Republican Committee
Virginia adopts higher truck weight and length limits
Virginia highway officials announce new maximum weights for trucks and a 50 foot overall length limit effective June 29. The changes allow 18 000 pounds per axle and 56 000 pounds gross weight for four axle combinations, with sign posts to indicate compliant roads and reductions possible to protect highways. The rules apply to most primary and secondary roads, excluding weaker bridges and US 301 north of Richmond.
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UNDV
Hway
Department
General Assembly
Highway Department
Code of Virginia
U. S. 301
Richmond
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