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Burners
Drawing of Burner's Springs Resort, also known as Shenandoah Springs, in Fort Valley Virginia. The resort was constructed in "bowl-like hollow" that was surrounded by seven fountains. Six were within one acre of the resort but the seventh was piped…
Fort Valley Virginia
Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing an aerial view of Fort Valley Virginia.
Faith Lutheran Church
Postcard showing Faith Lutheran Church in Fort Valley Virginia
Entrance to Elizabeth Furnace Forest Camp
Color postcard with a picture of the entrance to what is now the Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area in the George Washington National Forest. The area is located in Fort Valley Virginia near the town of Strasburg.
A Home in Powells Fort VA.
Postcard with a picture of a house in Powells Fort, Shenandoah County.
Powells Fort is the historic name given to a community in the northern portion of Fort Valley. The exact location of this scene is unknown.
Powells Fort is the historic name given to a community in the northern portion of Fort Valley. The exact location of this scene is unknown.
Passage Creek at Seven Fountains
Postcard with a picture of Passage Creek near the Seven Fountains Community in what is now Fort Valley Vriginia.
A Home in Powels Fort VA.
Postcard with a picture of a house in Powells Fort, Shenandoah County.
Powells Fort is the historic name given to a community in the northern portion of Fort Valley. The exact location of this scene is unknown.
Powells Fort is the historic name given to a community in the northern portion of Fort Valley. The exact location of this scene is unknown.
Looking East from tower on Massanutten Mt. 5 miles east of Woodstock, VA
Postcard with a picture taken from atop the tower on Massanutten Mountain, near Woodstock Virginia.
The photograph looks east into Fort Valley Virginia.
The photograph looks east into Fort Valley Virginia.
Passage Creek, near Front Royal, Va.
Postcard with a picture of the Passage Creek which flows through Fort Valley Virginia to near Front Royal Virginia.
View of Hotel and Massenutten Mountains, Waterlick White Sulphur Springs, VA
Postcard with a picture of the hotel established near the Waterlick White Sulphur Springs in Fort Valley Virginia.
Fort Brick Church
Photograph showing the "Fort Brick Church" in Fort Valley Virginia. The image is undated. It is located in a photograph album that was maintained by Arlene Strickler.
This church and Trinty Church (pictured in the background) are currently home…
This church and Trinty Church (pictured in the background) are currently home…
Shenandoah Publishing House and Northern Virginia Daily Employee Picnic
Photograph showing "employees, and members of their families and friends, of the Shenandoah Publishing House and the Northern Virginia Daily" at a picnic at Elizabeth Furnace in Powell's Fort Valley (now Fort Valley Virginia).
The individuals in…
The individuals in…
Slate Hill School
Photograph showing the Slate Hill School in Fort Valley as it appeared in a 1939 insurance survey of Shenandoah County School. In the report the school is described as a "one story frame building with a tin roof, stone foundation, wood sheeting…
Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to A. Willis Robertson
Copy of a letter sent from Franklin D. Roosevelt to A (Absalom) Willis Robertson concerning the possible closure of Camp Roosevelt, the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp located near Edinburg Virginia. Robertson at the time was the Congressional…
Letter from S.D. Crude to J.W. Garner
Letter from S.D. Crude, resident engineer for the Virginia Department of Highways, to J.W. Garner of the Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors. The letter informs Garner and the board that the state department of transportation had received approval…
Men at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Photograph of six men standing together in a line behind a table at the Fort Valley Fire Department.
The photograph was taken when the department burned the note on their building mortgage.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie…
The photograph was taken when the department burned the note on their building mortgage.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie…
Mortgage Burning at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Photograph of the "mortgage burning" at the Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie McClanahan, Fulton Ramsey, Perry "P.G." Coverstone, Leroy Tamkin, Harry McClanahan, and Sam Boyer.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie McClanahan, Fulton Ramsey, Perry "P.G." Coverstone, Leroy Tamkin, Harry McClanahan, and Sam Boyer.
Eva (Boyer) Ritenour and Ray Franklin Boyer
Photograph of Eva Mae (Boyer) Ritenour (left) and her brother Ray Franklin Boyer (right).
They were the children of Benjamin Frank Boyer and Myrtle (Cullers) Boyer of Fort Valley, Va.
They were the children of Benjamin Frank Boyer and Myrtle (Cullers) Boyer of Fort Valley, Va.
Isaac Brown and Golda Brown
Photograph of Isaac William Munch Brown and Golda M. Munch Brown.
The couple were husband and wife and lived in Fort Valley Virginia, in the area of St. David's Church.
They were the parents of Elsie, Earl, Narvel, and Lois Brown.
The couple were husband and wife and lived in Fort Valley Virginia, in the area of St. David's Church.
They were the parents of Elsie, Earl, Narvel, and Lois Brown.
Isabell Lichliter
Photograph of Isabell Frances Lichliter (later Shillingburg) of Fort Valley Virginia.
William Tamkin
Portrait of William Tamkin, long-time resident of Fort Valley. His parents were John and Catherine Virginia (Spitzer) Tamkin. He had a sister, Josephine, and a brother, James.
In April 1885, Mr. Tamkin married Mary Ellen Brill (1866-1908) and had…
In April 1885, Mr. Tamkin married Mary Ellen Brill (1866-1908) and had…
Elder William Peters
Portrait of Elder William Peters later in his life. In this photograph, he is seated on a chair with an open book on his lap. He is best remembered as having organized and help build the Church of the Brethren in Fort Valley. This church is also…
Charles Franklin Plauger
Portrait of Charles Franklin Plauger, of Fort Valley. His wife was Grace Mae Munch.
Walter W. Paige
Portrait of Walter W. Paige. Born in born in Tunbridge Wells England on June 29, 1881, he married Bessie Ritenour and they lived in a white farmhouse in the northern end of Fort Valley. He died on March 15, 1968 and was buried in Dry Run.
In the…
In the…