he dignity,
sincerity, naturalness, completeness and genuine success of its
country life."--WALTER A. DYER, in _Country Life in America_.
Table of Contents.
INTRODUCTION
Descriptive Department.
SITUATION
BOUNDARIES
TOPOGRAPHY
COMPARATIVE ALTITUDES
DRAINAGE
CLIMATE
GEOLOGY
Summary
Granite
Loudoun Formation
Weverton Sandstone
Newark System
Newark Diabase
Catoctin Schist
Rocks of the Piedmont Plain
Lafayette Formation
Metamorphism
MINERAL AND KINDRED DEPOSITS
SOILS
Summary
Loudoun Sandy Loam
Penn Clay
Penn Stony Loam
Iredell Clay Loam
Penn Loam
Cecil Loam
Cecil Clay
Cecil Silt Loam
Cecil Mica Loam
De Kalb Stony Loam
Porters Clay
Meadow
FLORA AND FAUNA
Flora
Fauna
TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES
TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Leesburg
Round Hill
Waterford
Hamilton
Purcellville
Middleburg
Ashburn
Bluemont
Smaller Towns
Statistical Department.
AREA AND FARMING TABULATIONS
POPULATION
INDUSTRIES
FARM VALUES
LIVE STOCK
Values
Animals Sold and Slaughtered
Neat cattle
Dairy Products
Steers
Horses, Mules, etc.
Sheep, Goats, and Swine
Domestic Wool
Poultry and Bees
SOIL PRODUCTS
Values
Corn and Wheat
Oats, Rye, and Buckwheat
Hay and Forage Crops
Miscellaneous Crops, etc.
Orchard Fruits, etc.
Small Fruits, etc.
Flowers, Ornamental Plants, etc.
FARM LABOR AND FERTILIZERS
Labor
Fertilizers
EDUCATION AND RELIGION
Education
Religion
Historical Department.
FORMATION
DERIVATION OF NAME
SETTLEMENT AND PERSONNEL
EARLY HABITS, CUSTOMS, AND DRESS
Habits
Customs
Dress
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
REPRESENTATION
Colonial Assemblies
State Conventions
THE REVOLUTION
Loudoun's Loyalty
Resolutions of Loudoun County
Revolutionary Committees
Soldiery
Quaker Non-Participation
Loudoun's Revolutionary Hero
Army Recommendations
Court Orders and Reimbursements
Close of the Struggle
WAR OF 1812
The Compelling Cause
State Archives at Leesburg
THE MASON-MCCARTY DUEL
HOME OF PRESIDENT MONROE
GENERAL LAFAYETTE'S VISIT
MEXICAN WAR
SECESSION AND CIVIL WAR
Loudoun County in the Secession Movement
Loudoun's Participation in the War
The
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