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Articles and resources related to Virginia
Encyclopedia Articles
A guide to Virginia
Biographies
Cities
Colleges and universities
Economy
History
Land and climate
National park system
Native American groups
Monuments and historic sites
Plant and animal life
Other related articles
Selected Media
Books to Read
Newspapers
Study Skills
Special Reports
Web Sites
Magazine Articles

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Shenandoah National Park

Shenandoah National Park lies in the forest-covered Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. Virginia's beautiful scenery and wealth of historic sites attract tourists from all over the United States.



(c) Richard T. Nowitz, Photo Researchers








Encyclopedia articles


in World Book include:




A guide to Virginia

• Virginia
• Virginia (table: Interesting facts about Virginia)
• Virginia (table: Virginia in brief)

• Virginia (table: Annual events in Virginia)
• Virginia (table: Places to visit in Virginia)
• Virginia (Visitor's guide)


Biographies


Entertainers

• Cline, Patsy
• Scott, George C.

Military leaders

• Johnston, Joseph E.
• Lee, Henry
• Lee, Robert E.
• Mosby, John S.

• Pickett, George E.
• Smith, John
• Stuart, Jeb


Political leaders serving before 1900

• Berkeley, Sir William
• Blair, John
• Braxton, Carter
• Byrd, William, II
• Dinwiddie, Robert
• Glass, Carter
• Harrison, Benjamin
• Harrison, William H.
• Henry, Patrick
• Jefferson, Thomas
• Lee, Francis L.
• Lee, Richard H.
• Madison, James
• Marshall, John

• Mason, George
• Mason, James Murray
• Monroe, James
• Nelson, Thomas, Jr.
• Randolph, Edmund
• Randolph, John
• Randolph, Peyton
• Rolfe, John
• Seddon, James A.
• Spotswood, Alexander
• Taylor, Zachary
• Tyler, John
• Washington, George
• Wythe, George


Political leaders serving after 1900

• Cantor, Eric
• Warner, John William
• Webb, James Henry, Jr.
• Wilder, L. Douglas
• Wilson, Woodrow

Other biographies

• Ashe, Arthur
• Bacon, Nathaniel
• Blackbeard
• Byrd, Richard E.
• Falwell, Jerry
• Gabriel
• Newport, Christopher

• Pocahontas
• Powhatan
• Ruffin, Edmund
• Turner, Nat
• Washington, Booker T.
• Washington, Martha Custis


Cities

• Alexandria
• Charlottesville
• Fredericksburg
• Hampton
• Newport News
• Norfolk

• Petersburg
• Richmond
• Roanoke
• Virginia Beach
• Williamsburg
• Yorktown


Colleges and universities

• Virginia (table: Universities and colleges in Virginia)
• George Mason University
• James Madison University
• Joint Forces Staff College
• Old Dominion University
• Randolph-Macon College
• Randolph College

• Virginia, University of
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Virginia Military Institute
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Washington and Lee University
• William and Mary, College of


Economy

• Virginia (table: Virginia's economic production and workers)
• Virginia (Economy)
• Agriculture
• Communication
• Electric power (The electric power industry)
• Farm and farming
• Fishing industry
• Food (The food industry)

• Livestock
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Real estate
• Retailing
• Service industries
• Tourism
• Transportation (The transportation industry)


History

• Virginia (table: Important dates in Virginia)
• Virginia (table: Governors of Virginia)
• Civil War, American (table: Major battles of the Civil War)
• Virginia (History)
• American Revolution
• Annapolis Convention
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Civil War, American
• Colonial life in America
• Confederate States of America
• French and Indian wars
• Harpers Ferry

• House of Burgesses
• Indian wars
• Jamestown
• Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
• London Company
• Mason-Dixon Line
• Pioneer life in America
• Plymouth Colony
• Reconstruction
• Thanksgiving Day
• United States, History of the


Land and climate

• Virginia (table: Average monthly weather in Virginia)
• Virginia (Land and climate)
• Allegheny Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Atlantic States
• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Chesapeake Bay
• Cumberland Gap
• Dismal Swamp
• Fall line

• Hampton Roads
• James River
• Luray Caverns
• Piedmont Region
• Potomac River
• Rappahannock River
• Shenandoah River
• Shenandoah Valley
• Southern States


National park system

• Shenandoah National Park


Native American groups

• Indian, American (Indians of the Northeast)
• Algonquin Indians
• Cherokee Indians
• Iroquois Indians

• Mound builders
• Powhatan Indians
• Sioux Indians


Monuments and historic sites

• Booker T. Washington National Monument
• George Washington Birthplace National Monument


Plant and animal life

• Ash
• Azalea
• Bass
• Birch
• Cardinal
• Clam
• Deer
• Dogwood

• Duck
• Flounder
• Fox
• Hickory
• Rabbit
• Rhododendron
• Wildcat
• Trout


Other related articles

• Appomattox Court House
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• Fort Belvoir
• Fort Eustis
• Fort Lee
• Fort Monroe

• Langley Air Force Base
• Marine Corps Base Quantico
• Monticello
• Mount Vernon
• Naval Station Norfolk
• Pentagon Building


Selected Media

View this Map
Virginia
View this Picture
Virginia flag and seal
View this Picture
Virginia bird, flower, and tree
Play this Video
George Washington
View this Picture
The Tomb of the Unknowns
View this Picture
Virginia state quarter


Books to read

Level I
• Barrett, Tracy. Virginia. 2nd ed. Benchmark Bks., 2004.
• Blashfield, Jean F. Virginia. Children's Pr., 1999.
• DeAngelis, Gina. Virginia. Children’s Pr., 2001.
• Pobst, Sandy. Virginia, 1607-1776.Children’s Pr., 2004.
• Pollack, Pamela. Virginia. World Almanac Lib., 2002.

Level II
• Abramson, Rudy. Hallowed Ground. Lickle Pub., 1996. History of the development of the Piedmont region of Virginia.
• Barnes, Brooks M., and Truitt, B. R., eds. Seashore Chronicles: Three Centuries of the Virginia Barrier Islands. Univ. Pr. of Va., 1997.
• Billings, Warren M., and others. Colonial Virginia. KTO Pr., 1988.
• Blair, William A. Virginia's Private War: Feeding Body and Soul in the Confederacy, 1861-1865. Reprint. Oxford, 2000.
• Dabney, Virginius. Virginia. 1971. Reprint. Univ. Pr. of Va., 1983.
• Ely, Melvin P. Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War. Knopf, 2004.
• Selby, John E. The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783. Colonial Williamsburg, 1988.
• Sturtz, Linda L. Within Her Power: Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia.Routledge, 2002.
• Wilson, Richard G. Buildings of Virginia. Oxford, 2002.
• Wills, Brian S. The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia. Univ. Pr. of Va., 2001.




Newspapers

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The Richmond Times-Dispatch


 

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 •Taking Notes
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