by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | Jun 13, 2013 | Blog
Crompton-Shenandoah Company became a textile reality in Waynesboro in 1927. It’s parent company of Crompton Company of Crompton, Rhode Island started this branch to provide the dyeing and finishing of the gray corduroy and velveteen goods (woven fabric off the...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 16, 2013 | Blog
Augusta County and the Shenandoah Valley were more rural in the 1940s than they are today. Farms and orchards, especially apple orchards, were numerous. Waynesboro was particularly rich with its orchards, cider and vinegar mills, canning industry and a huge storage...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 16, 2013 | Blog
Dueling in Waynesboro? With pistols at 20 paces and with seconds? Yes, indeed. Dueling was outlawed in Virginia in 1810 after the famous duel between Alexander Hamilton, ex-Secretary of the Treasury and Vice President Aaron Burr. Hamilton was on the losing end of the...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 14, 2013 | Blog
What good fortune for us that Claudius Crozet chose to live in Virginia and for Waynesboro to benefit from his many talents. They called him “genius,” “Pathfinder of the Blue Ridge Mountain” and Thomas Jefferson proclaimed him to be “the best mathematician in...
by Waynesboro Heritage Foundation | May 12, 2013 | Blog
Jubal Anderson Early was born November 3, 1816 in Franklin County, Virginia. He was the third oldest and second son of ten children to Joab and Ruth Early. In keeping with family tradition he was named after a biblical character (Genesis 4:21). His father raised...
