Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. ... Read More
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Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. ... Read More
Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. Author Virginia Johnson relates tales of those wild early days on the road.
Details
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Transportation
Publication Date: 29th July 2019
State: Virginia
ISBN: 9781467141017
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General TRANSPORTATION / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Johnson, a Fredericksburg librarian, starts each chapter with a brief recipe from a historical cookbook because taverns were important way stations along stagecoach routes. So, in addition to funny snapshots of the past, readers are treated to how-tos for old delicacies ranging from ginger wine to sweet potato buns.--BEN SWENSON, The Virginia Pilot
Author Bio
Virginia Johnson is a professional librarian at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg where she is the web content writer for HistoryPoint.org, the regional history page of the library's web site. She has a B.A. in anthropology from William and Mary, a Master of Library Science from The University of Maryland, and is the Northern District Coordinator for Virginia Press Women. Barbara Crookshanks received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of West Virginia and is a freelance journalist who has worked for Ladies Home Journal, Fredericksburg's The Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg/Tideland Times, and Fredericksburg Parent.
Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull. Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers. Trips that now take hours lasted for days. Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly. A traveler might need to apply horsemanship, carpentry, leather-mending or the sheer brawny effort of shoving the coach out of a muddy ditch. Inns across the state catered to stagecoach riders and acted as community gathering places. Some still stand, like the Rising Sun Tavern in Fredericksburg and Michie Tavern in Charlottesville. Author Virginia Johnson relates tales of those wild early days on the road.
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Transportation
Publication Date: 29th July 2019
State: Virginia
ISBN: 9781467141017
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / General TRANSPORTATION / General HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Johnson, a Fredericksburg librarian, starts each chapter with a brief recipe from a historical cookbook because taverns were important way stations along stagecoach routes. So, in addition to funny snapshots of the past, readers are treated to how-tos for old delicacies ranging from ginger wine to sweet potato buns.--BEN SWENSON, The Virginia Pilot
Virginia Johnson is a professional librarian at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg where she is the web content writer for HistoryPoint.org, the regional history page of the library's web site. She has a B.A. in anthropology from William and Mary, a Master of Library Science from The University of Maryland, and is the Northern District Coordinator for Virginia Press Women. Barbara Crookshanks received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of West Virginia and is a freelance journalist who has worked for Ladies Home Journal, Fredericksburg's The Free Lance Star, Fredericksburg/Tideland Times, and Fredericksburg Parent.
