. Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties, by Grimsley, assistant geologist. White, state geologist. 4 Total The topography in the western half of the area is moun-tainous, and in the eastern half is a great limestone topography is discussed more fully in the next Chapter,but the elevation above sea ranges from 260 feet at HarpersFerry, the lowest point in the State, to 2300 feet on CacaponMountain. The Inllowing resume of (he history of these counties is I on a perusal of the histories of this valley by Samuel heval (Histor) of the Valley of Virginia, 1836), and
. Jefferson, Berkeley, and Morgan counties, by Grimsley, assistant geologist. White, state geologist. 4 Total The topography in the western half of the area is moun-tainous, and in the eastern half is a great limestone topography is discussed more fully in the next Chapter,but the elevation above sea ranges from 260 feet at HarpersFerry, the lowest point in the State, to 2300 feet on CacaponMountain. The Inllowing resume of (he history of these counties is I on a perusal of the histories of this valley by Samuel heval (Histor) of the Valley of Virginia, 1836), and Howe (Historical Collections of Virginia, 1845), rare and most valuable historical works whose authenticity has r been questioned. In the original distribution of counties in Virginia, the o called Wilderness west of the Blue Ridge and extending to the < I!,,,, River, formed the county of Orange established in 1720 to include the small portion of Spottsylvania Count) di -I ai r0S£ the mountain, and also all the remainiimterritory not before designated as a county. WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL Li ^».^S RtcTT t igure d. Map showing the Boundaries of the Eastern PanhandleArea, Railroads, etc. In 1738 this vast tract was divided into two counties,Frederick and Augusta. Frederick County included the areabounded on the north by the Potomac, on the east by theBlue Ridge, and on the south and west by a line to be runfrom the head spring of Hedgman to the head spring of thePotomac. All the remainder of the territory west of the BlueRidge formed the county of Augusta which was reduced toits present limits in 1790. In May, 1772, Berkeley County was formed out of Fred-erick to include all the land between the Potomac and a lineto be run from the intersection of Frederick and LoudounCounties at a point one and a half miles north of the corner 4 HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. in Williams Gap, said line dividing the parishes of FredericKand Norborne, thence westward un
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