Victor Baker, Eva Baker, Marie Bowman, and Alberta Showalter interviewed by Barbara Maynes, transcribed by Sharon G. Marston, 1979

Creator:

Baker, Victor L. (Victor Lee), 1894-1990, Baker, Eva Patterson, 1899-1990, Showalter, Alberta Virginia Craun, 1893-1984, Bowman, Lucy Marie Mundy, 1916-2015, Maynes, Barbara, and Marston, Sharon G. (Sharon Gates), 1944-

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Records the reminiscences of four Virginia residents who grew up near the Black Rock Springs Hotel, in Black Rock Gap, Virginia. The Black Rock Springs Hotel was a popular tourist destination in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both for its scenic views and for the natural mineral springs for which it was named. The participants discuss the history of the hotel, their own memories of the grounds and buildings and the hotel's destruction by fire in 1909. Includes references to people associated with the hotel and springs, as well as many of the families and local people who lived near the hotel in its heyday. The site where the hotel stood was incorporated into Shenandoah National Park in the 1930s.

Names:

Baker, Victor L. (Victor Lee), 1894-1990
Baker, Eva Patterson, 1899-1990
Showalter, Alberta Virginia Craun, 1893-1984
Bowman, Lucy Marie Mundy, 1916-2015
Maynes, Barbara
Marston, Sharon G. (Sharon Gates), 1944-

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