The Shadow
George Washington and the Great American Canal
The year was 1784. George Washington had resigned as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army the previous December after...
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A Superintendent of the Mill
James Steely was a man of wide-ranging abilities and interests.James E. Steely was 20 years old when he moved from...
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The Defenders of Rosedale – How a handful of determined citizens saved Covington’s oldest suburb
The year was 1993. Westvaco Corporation was wrapping up a $400 million expansion to the Covington paper mill, and Virginia...
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