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CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER I 
The Physical Basis for Development . . . . . . . . . . . 13 

CHAPTER II 
The Aboriginal Inhabitants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 

CHAPTER III 
The Beginning of Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

CHAPTER IV 
Lewis County in Dunmore's War  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

CHAPTER V 
Lewis County During the Revolutionary War  . . . . . . . 51 

CHAPTER VI 
The End of the Indian Wars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 

CHAPTER VII 
The Beginning of Law and Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 

CHAPTER VIII 
Economic Beginnings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 

CHAPTER IX 
Life of the Pioneers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1ll 

CHAPTER X 
The Extension of Settlements — Skin Creek  . . . . . .  128 

CHAPTER XI 
The Collins Settlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  136 

CHAPTER XII 
Freeman's Creek District . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  142 

CHAPTER XIII 
Progress in Older Settlements  . . . . . . . . . . . .  150 

CHAPTER XIV 
The Formation of Lewis County  . . . . . . . . . . . .  162 

CHAPTER XV 
The Beginning of Weston  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  176 

CHAPTER XVI 
Progress Under the New Regime  . . . . . . . . . . . .  197 

CHAPTER XVII 
Early Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  215 

CHAPTER XVIII 
The Irish and German Immigration . . . . . . . . . . .  230 

CHAPTER XIX 
Territorial Losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  239 

CHAPTER XX 
The Great Business Boom, 1845-60 . . . . . . . . . . .  246 

CHAPTER XXI 
The Development of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . .  268 

CHAPTER XXII 
The Seccession from Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . .  281 

CHAPTER XXIII 
Military Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  297 

CHAPTER XXIV 
The Political Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . .  316 

CHAPTER XXV 
The Weston State Hospital  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  327 

CHAPTER XXVI 
Economic Development After the War . . . . . . . . . .  335 

CHAPTER XXVII 
The Coming of the Railroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  352 

CHAPTER XXVIII 
Twenty Years' Progress, 1880-1900  . . . . . . . . . .  368 

CHAPTER XXIX 
The Oil and Gas Development  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  380 

CHAPTER XXX 
The Twentieth Century  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  397 

APPENDIX A: 
Sketch of Col. Charles Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . .  414 

APPENDIX B: 
Justices of the Peace Under Virginia . . . . . . . . .  416 

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