Louise Fortune Hall Collection

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Southwest Virginia
Damascus, VA
Konnarock, VA
Laurel Bloomery, TN
Virginia Carolina Railway
Whitetop Mountain
Douglas Land Co,
Hassinger Lumber Co.
Damascus Lumber Co.
Smethport Extract Co.
Daniel Boone
Henry Mock
Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden
Ben Broady
Douglas Robinson
Corrine Robinson
Elliott Roosevelt
Walter Fortune
Robert Fortune
Louise Fortune Hall
George Hall
Au Courant Book Club
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Creeper Trail Conservancy
Commerce/Trade
Eco-tourism
Camping
Hiking/Biking

Description

Louise Fortune Hall (b. 1911, d. 2008) was closely involved in the commercial, cultural and environmental aspects of Damascus for nearly a century. She was widely recognized as the town historian, writing two brief books about the town, one on her own and one in collaboration with her daughter, Marilou Preston. When she died in 2008 her family offered Mrs. Hall's papers, including ledgers, deeds, minutes from public meetings, railroad timetables, photos and maps, along with her own notes on people, places and events, to the Washington County Public Library. The Library catalogued these papers along with additional materials (keepsakes and memorabilia) and they are stored in archival boxes at the Damascus branch of the WCPL. These can be accessed by appointment. A list of materials in the Hall Collection can be found online at: http://www.archives-wcpl.net/Archive7_Hall/Hall_Collection.html

Creator

Will Stein, "Appalachian Life and Culture"

Source

The Hall Collection

Publisher

Washington County Public Library

Date

1759-present

Contributor

Jack Hall, Eleanor Hutton, Marilou Preston

Rights

Washington County PL

Relation

Visit Damascus, VA https://www.visitdamascus.org/
Appalachian Trail Conservancy https://appalachiantrail.org/
Creeper Trail Conservancy https://www.vacreepertrail.org/
Down the Road: a history of Damascus, VA. in pictures:
https://archives-wcpl.net/Archive7_Appalachia/project/exhibits/show/down-the-road

Identifier

Damascus Branch Library, https://www.vacreepertrail.org/

Collection Items

Hassinger Lumber Co,

"In 1902 the Thayer Company Dimension Plant was established by T.W.Thayer, head of the Thayer Company in New York state. Mr. Thayer never lived in Damascus and the Damascus plant was a branch plant manufacturing material for sashes, doors, and table…

The Virginia-Creeper (Virginia-Carolina Railway)

"In 1912 the Virginia-Creeper Railway was bought by the Norfolk and Western and extended on to West Jefferson in North Carolina. The line has been in operation under Norfolk and Western ownership continuously since that time, and Damascus is the only…

Whitetop

"The town of Whitetop, nestled at the foot of White Top Mountain, was incorporated in 1913, the year the railroad arrived. Before the train, the main industry was farming: families eked out a living raising cattle, hogs, sheep, corn and other crops.…

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