Looking Back: Wise County (VA) In the Early Years 280 pages, with dust jacket Published By Lonesome Pine Office On Youth $39.95 + $3.49 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Wise-County-In-the-Early-Years-Looking-Back-VA-History_W0QQitemZ130380295518QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5b456d5e This book includes almost 500 vintage photographs of people, places and events reflecting the development of Wise County, Virginia and the life of its sons and daughters. "The reader of this pictorial is invited to look back to the beginning of Wise County as captured by professional photographers and family members. To a time when the hills and valleys of the country were thick with rhododendron and pats connected the miles between homes. Learn of the impact improved raods and the laying of the railroad tracks had on the people and the land. Look to the time before coal was the county's major industry and meet on these pages the people who worked on the farms, in brick factories, barrel mills and bottling companies. Gaze at the neat factories, rows of miners' homes in the coal camps and the snake-like line of coke ovens crossing the valley floor...Marvel at the beauty of a land so richly blessed with natural resources and look into the eyes of some of the most famous people this dynamic county has produced." BOOK CONTENTS I. The Early Years II. Roads III Transportation IV. Industry V. Coal Camps VI. Schools VII. Business VIII. Community Life IX. Natural Beauty X. People, Places and Events County History Wise County was formed 1856. Constructed in the town of Wise in 1896, the present day County Courthouse is the third. The first one was burned by Union troops in 1863, and not rebuilt until 1876. New wings were added to the current structure in 1926 and 1980. Includes city of Norton and towns of Wise, Pound, Coeburn Appalachia, Big Stone Gap and St. Paul. If you are from Wise County, or have spent time in Wise County, you will find many memorable and nostalgic photos in this book! This book is now hard to find.