Historic Resources along the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers

Cover Pages (PDF)

Table of Contents (PDF)

Introduction (PDF)

The Rappahannock Valley (PDF)

The Historic Sites

• Overview (PDF)
• Methodology (PDF)
• Native American Sites: The Mannahoaks (PDF)
• Frontier Industry: Spotswood's Iron (PDF)
• Canals and Dams: The Rappahannock Navigation (PDF)
• Mineral Extraction: Gold! (PDF)
• Water Power: Mills and Other Industries (PDF)
• Decisive Terrain: The Civil War (PDF)

Sites Preservation Recommendations (PDF)

Appendix A (PDF)
City of Fredericksburg Watershed Property Management Policy

Appendix B (PDF)
Transcript of a Portion of Lieutenant Lemuel B. Norton's Requisition Book Describing Fords on the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers

Full Version (PDF) (12 MB)

Prepared by:
Office of Planning and Community Development
and the Graphics Department
September 1997