"Jewel of the Hills" may be the name by which Clarksburg, West Virginia, is best known. The city of approximately 18,000 people is spread across the hills and valleys of north-central West Virginia. Clarksburg, the seat of Harrison County, is also well known as the birthplace of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. A plaque on the outside wall of a store on West Main Street marks the site of his birthplace. In 1882, the city's corporate limits are said to have begun at the Goff Plaza Bridge to the east. They extended to the West End Bridge, where Elk Creek flows into the West Fork of the Monongahela River. Each year, Clarksburg hosts the West Virginia Italian Heritage Festival, the Black Heritage Festival, and the Ethnic Festival; this exemplifies the diverse cultures brought together by this friendly community. Today, Clarksburg is the home of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services.
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Author Robert F. Stealey, long-time editor of Clarksburg's The Exponent Telegram, has authored two previous Arcadia titles in the Images of America series: Doddridge and Ritchie Counties and Harrison County.
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This is an amazing book. The pictures are a walking tour of Clarksburg at the time when downtown shopping was king. Photos tell a visual story of how the people lived day to day. Additional photos show the true hardship of disaster from fires to floods. A wonderful book. Recommended for anyone who loves historical photos and can appreciate the West Virginia life style. Well composed and captivating
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This is a great pictorial book chalk full of historic photographs of Clarksburg, West Virginia. The text and photo captions are clear and informative. I found "Clarksburg - Images of America: West Virginia" an incredible resource and highly recommend it to any enthusiast of Americana, Photography, History, and Sociology... and for anyone and everyone who likes pictorial books!
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Many of the sights of Clarksburg that are included in this work are quite vivid in my memory, while others are from the many years before I arrived in the city from Australia, my birthplace, at the young age of six months. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy of Dick Duez, West Virginia, West Main Street, Courtesy of Harrison County Historical Society, Stonewall Jackson, West End, Courtesy of the City of Clarksburg, Harrison County Courthouse, North View, South Third Street, Milford Street, Courtesy of Ronnie Smith, Glen Elk, Saint Mary's Hospital, Second Street, South Chestnut Street, Courtesy of Janice Hall, Fourth Street, Goff Building, West Fork River, Clarksburg Expressway, East Pike Street, Hewes Avenue, Leggett Building, Trader's Hotel New!
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Many of the sights of Clarksburg that are included in this work are quite vivid in my memory, while others are from the many years before I arrived in the city from Australia, my birthplace, at the young age of six months. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Courtesy of Dick Duez, West Virginia, West Main Street, Courtesy of Harrison County Historical Society, Stonewall Jackson, West End, Courtesy of the City of Clarksburg, Harrison County Courthouse, North View, South Third Street, Milford Street, Courtesy of Ronnie Smith, Glen Elk, Saint Mary's Hospital, Second Street, South Chestnut Street, Courtesy of Janice Hall, Fourth Street, Goff Building, West Fork River, Clarksburg Expressway, East Pike Street, Hewes Avenue, Leggett Building, Trader's Hotel New!
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This book cites 5
books:
- Harrison County (WV) (Images of America) by Robert F. Stealey on 9 pages
- The Seventh Day (General Jewish Interest) by Deborah Cohen on page 80, and page 111
- Native Americans (Nature Company Discoveries Libraries) by Judith Simpson on page 7
- Santa Claus by Rod Green on page 108
- West Virginia (The States and the Nation series) by J.A. Williams on page 107
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