History of the great Kanawha Valley, with family history and biographical sketches A statement of its natural resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages . ig6 HISTORY OF THE GREAT KANAWHA VALLEY. CHAPTER XIV. ORANGE IRGINIA organized the county of Orange, so-calledfrom the color of the soil of that portion lying eastSs of the Blue Ridge, in 1734. Orange county em-braced not only the area east of the Blue Ridge, butall the indefinite territorial claims of the colony fromthe Blue Ridge to the Pacific ocean. In 1738, thebounds of Orange were curtailed by the formation ofAugus
History of the great Kanawha Valley, with family history and biographical sketches A statement of its natural resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages . ig6 HISTORY OF THE GREAT KANAWHA VALLEY. CHAPTER XIV. ORANGE IRGINIA organized the county of Orange, so-calledfrom the color of the soil of that portion lying eastSs of the Blue Ridge, in 1734. Orange county em-braced not only the area east of the Blue Ridge, butall the indefinite territorial claims of the colony fromthe Blue Ridge to the Pacific ocean. In 1738, thebounds of Orange were curtailed by the formation ofAugusta and Frederick counties, covering all Virginiaterritory west of the Blue Ridge, and limiting Orange t o thesmall area lying east of the Ridge. In 1748, when settlements were begun west of the Alleghe-nies, Augusta county (excepting the comparatively small area inthe lower part of the valley of Virginia covered by Frederickcounty) included the same great scope of western country latelyOrange county. By the treaty of Paris, in 1763, its western bounds were lim-ited by the Mississippi river; but, even then, it covered (except-ing Frederick, as above), the vast territory now embracing all ofthe state of Virginia west of the Blue R
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