V837:: Posted 1919, WWI, Virginia Infrastructure, Riverton Virginia, Front Royal Virginia, Warren County, Three Bridges, Shenandoah River, Valley of Virginia, Published by Williamsport Paper Co

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Posted 1919, WWI, Virginia Infrastructure, Riverton Virginia, Front Royal Virginia, Warren County, Three Bridges, Shenandoah River, Valley of Virginia,
Published by Williamsport Paper Co (Williamsport PA),

FYI: “Front Royal is the only incorporated town in Warren County, Virginia, United States. The population was 15,011 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Warren County. Mid-20th century postcard showing an aerial view of the American Viscose Corporation Plant in Front Royal, Virginia. The entire Shenandoah Valley including the area to become Front Royal was annexed and claimed for hunting by the Iroquois Confederation during the later Beaver Wars, by 1672. Some bands of the Shawnee settled in the area as client groups to the Iroquois and alternately to the Cherokee after 1721. The Iroquois formally sold their entire claim east of the Alleghenies to the Virginia Colony at the Treaty of Lancaster in 1744. Front Royal, originally settled in 1754, had been known to European explorers as early as the 1670s, and the nearby settlement of Chester’s Ferry was in existence by 1736. The town also had a well-known nickname by the 1790s, “Helltown,” due to the many livestock wranglers and boatmen on the Shenandoah coming through the area, who came into town looking for alcohol. It was incorporated as “Front Royal” in 1788. Rail service was established in 1854 with the construction of the Alexandria, Orange and Manassas Gap Railroad between Manassas and Riverton. This line was soon extended to Strasburg in time to become a factor in the Battle of Front Royal on May 23, 1862, and throughout the Civil War. Lumber, agriculture, manufacturing and grain mills provided employment in the region for decades after the Civil War. The American Viscose rayon plant, once Front Royal’s principal employer, with 3,000 workers at its peak, operated between the 1930s and 1989. The plant manufactured rayon for tires during World War II and later produced rayon for rocket nozzles for the Defense Department and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.” (Wikipedia)