Washingtons Fairfax line surveyed again in Appalachia landmark study
Government surveyors retrace the Fairfax or Shenandoah Rockingham line said to be laid out by a 19 year old George Washington around 1751. They verify the route from Orange court house over Massanutten to the Fairfax Stone and note surviving marks, blazes, and a Whitepost post tied to Washington. The effort supports land titles for Appalachian forests bought under the Weeks Act protections.
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George Washington
Lord Thomas Fairfax
Augusta
Frederick
Virginia
Orange County
Lord Pairfax
Pacific Ocean
Hedgman River
Rappahannock
Potomas
Massanutten Mountains
West Virginia
Fairfax
Garret County
Preston County
W. Va
Orange Court House
Shenandoah
Rockingham County
Fairfax Stone
Western Maryland
North Mountain Range
Massanutten Mountain
Washington
Middle Mountain
Massanutten Range
Shenandoah- Rockingham
South Fork
Page County
Shenandoah County
Fairfax Grant
Rockingham
U. S. National Museum
Lost City
Hardy County
Whitepost
Clarke County
What the farmer's son found back home
In Farm and Fireside H. J. Minhinnick recalls a rural district where six farmer sons in his high school class pursued diverse professions including two doctors two lawyers one minister and one student who died at university. The thirteen children overall produced five teachers one nurse and a merchant's wife.
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H. J. Minhinnick
Mountain States Telephone announces public education drive
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company begins an advertising education campaign to explain its finances rates and operations to the public. It emphasizes no water in stock no bonds no preferred stock and aims to foster mutual understanding with customers and regulators.
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Denver
Colo
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Corporation Securities and Investment Company
Montana
Spokane
Washington
Idaho
Mountain Staves Telephone and Telegraph Company
Marked Shift From Farming Decline to Modern Prosperity
The piece notes 12 farms totaling about 1900 acres now host 51 families, 42 from towns, nine with direct farmer ancestry. Homes are stone or brick with modern utilities, roads, telephones, and daily delivery services, reflecting a claimed 1000 percent rise in living standards over thirty years.
Unclear fragment in classified-style ad cuts off
Readable portion shows a fragmented line with phrases like and all sizes and a stray name McCarthy and a phoneAdv. No coherent event or notice is discernible from the fragment.
Government Land Totals Highlight Montana Districts
The General Land Office reports 21 642 858 acres of public lands in Montana on July 1, with Beaverhead County holding 505 050 acres of which 280 091 are surveyed and 224 965 unsurveyed. Several states exceed Montana in remaining land, Billings rail receipts rise with semiannual audit showing a strong six month gain.
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General Land Office
Montana
Beaverhead County
Alaska
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Valley
Sheridan
Dawson
Eage
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the Continental Oil Company
Colorado
Albuquerque
Pueblo
Butte
Boise
Salt Lake City
The
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Comp
Piga Fe
Ales McCarthy
Custer
Blaine
Fergus
Madison
Rosebud
Lewis, and Clark
Beaverhead
Hill
Billings
Mont
H. G. Taylor
Northern Pacific
G. A. Hart
Burlington
Great Northern
W. R. Newman
Pullman Service
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