Episodes Located: AMHERST, Virginia in the 1850's

  1. Amherst County Citizens Petition for a Railroad
    date 1850 to 1851map AMHERST, Virginiatags Economy, Government, Law, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    According to W.W. Scott's History of Orange County, the period of time between 1848 and 1860 was relatively serene and well-organized in that particular area of central Virginia. Following the United States' triumphant victory in the Mexican War of 1848, one of Virginia's sons and a decorated hero from the war, General Zachary Taylor, was elected President. The era that began in 1850 is...