New River Notes
Since 1998 - Historical and Genealogical Resources
for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia
History of Western North Carolina
By John Preston Arthur, 1914
HTML by Jeffrey C. Weaver, October 1998
Chapter I - Introduction
Chapter II - Boundaries
Chapter III - Colonial Days
Chapter IV - Daniel Boone
Chapter V - Revolutionary Days
Chapter VI - The State of Franklin
Chapter VII - Grants and Litigation
Chapter VIII - County History
Chapter IX - Pioneer Preachers
Chapter X - Roads, Stage Coaches and Taverns
Chapter XI - Manners and Customs
Chapter XII - Extraordinary Events
Chapter XIII - Humorous and Romantic
Chapter XIV - Duels
Chapter XV - Bench and Bar
Chapter XVI - Notable Cases and Decisions
Chapter XVII - Schools and Colleges
Chapter XVIII - Newspapers
Chapter XIX - Swepson and Littlefield
Chapter XX - Railroads
Chapter XXI - Notable Resorts and Improvements
Chapter XXII - Flora and Fauna
Chapter XXIII - Physical Peculiarities
Chapter XXIV - Minerology and Geology
Chapter XXV - Mines and Mining
Chapter XXVI - The Cherokees
Chapter XXVII - The Civil War Period
Chapter XXVIII - Political
