150 years ago this week – properties listed for sale in the Rockingham Register

Posted on March 5, 2016 by

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Does a listing of properties for sale, as of March 1866, tell us something about the Shenandoah Valley and the inability of some to recover from war?

From the March 2, 1866 issue of the Rockingham Register (Harrisonburg):

 

LandSaleMarch1866One

LandSaleMarch1866Two

LandSaleMarch1866Three

LandSaleMarch1866Four

LandSaleMarch1866Five

LandSaleMarch1866Six

LandSaleMarch1866Seven

LandSaleMarch1866Eight

 

 

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