aass_JlJ!J^ Book. VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES. ^^^ in Resources and Advantages OF LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, Al^D TRIBUTARY COUNTRY. Prepared and Published by order of the City Council of Lynchburg. LYNCHBURG: TROINIAN JOB OFFICE PEINT, 149 MAIN STREET. 18 7 2. ^•vlV V ALIENS MAY HOLD REAL ESTATE IN VIRGINIA. ^ nsr ^ c T , To amend the first Section of Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen of the Code of Virginia, Edition of Eighteen Jlundred and Sixty, and to repeal Sections tico, three, four, five, six, and seven of said Chapter in relation to Aliens. Passed February \Qth, 1867. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of V-irginia, That Section first of Chapter One hundi-ed and fifteen of the C( )de of Virginia, Edition of Eighteen hnndi'ed and sixty, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows : " §1. Any Alien, not an enemy, may acquire, by purchase or descent, and hold real estate in this State, and the same shall be transmitted in the same manner as real estate held by Citizens." 2. Be it further enacted. That Sections two, three, four, five, six, and seven of Chapter One hundred and fifteen of the Code of Virgmia, Edition of Eighteen hundred and sixty, are hereby repealed. 3. This Act shall be in force fi-om its passage. A Copy fi'om the Rolls, — Teste, J. BELL BIGGER, C. H.D&K. of B., of Va. AUG 22 mo "^ a OF THE RESOURCES AND ADVANTAGES o r LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA. PREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LYNCHBURG. LYNCHBURG. Lynchburg is. situated on the south bank of the James river, near the centre of the Piedmont District, and of the -State. It is about twenty miles from the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, one hundred and twenty miles above the head of tide-water at Richmond, and about two hundred miles -from the Chesapeake Bay at Norfolk. The city is built upon a number of bold hills, which give it a highly picturesque appearance. It is abundantly supplied with water by a reservoir on a hill overlooking the city, and by numerous bold springs of pure soft water. Pure water is easily procured by wells of moderate depth. The geographical position of Lynchburg is such as to give it extraordinary manufacturing and commercial advantages. The great railroad lines from North to South and East to West must cross each other here. The Southern Pacific and the •Central Pacific Railroads must pass through Lynchburg in order to reach the waters of the Atlantic over the shortest route and by the lowest grade. The great Trans- Continental Water Line can find no other route than that of the James River Valley. With a water-power capable of being utilized to any re- . ,^ Published by wynkoop & H^LLE^^BECK, 'Po. 113 tocton street, mew york, Td V 1 im; I M \. TIIK rilVSU.WI. ANIi rl.tMAlIc lUFFKUKNCKs nl. Tin-, TllRKK llltANl) DIVISIONS OV ■UIV. STATU: llDE-WTATEn, PIDDMONT. AHD OR1)a.T VALLBT " llu JVjBii'.""'- WiWn.l.'xWo.l. l.-m II liao-wnWr. A llii« dr.iwii "cni-" H" -"' lticlimoi"l,«»a I'mlxrickulmrg, ^^ 1"' '^ " ' of llio Ai'liomnttoi, thu .lamoi. "iil l.Ji'| ,.iV,uo.t ofilvi" «"»"'"■<• " " 1»«'>'"»'^"' >;.■ ' - - •■ ■■••"""• Intitii' ". tln'n\>'* I'' ■ ■ 1., ..!.,., •».,,.,.;„... ^. .1 ill!!, | l!lHilii" i l l .1 i ii u ii iflWIMnMln n.i-M...."' J''-*"i '■■■""■'^ '"'"" r Mt section more liillv but not often loo l)ro!:cii I 2sT cuUinrtioo. Tho primordinl formation of rooks bogi f "l Iter As wc advatico some aistoncc abovB tldc-wat-.r. head of'""- • f .^j „„s„il f,nn«l by Ihoir disintos- "° "'t :" A"^'«'i- ^''"^ '"' c!.aract.rof„>o strata, i,riohcr ' h tho momi-aios. There is a belt of laud ,;t t!,c base rfther'ntains which is very ,,r„ductivc. The hap,.)- combination ff c'emcn., fon-ad ra tho rock* of this region produces a supcnor aid toblo soil,containb,s, i. f^ir proportions, aluanoa, sde., anu uu' , .1 ^ f,.-tili7m«- miiiem s. Few scotur-s mo so pcash, .i,n=^ »°*.°*^;/;r^.': r,;,erg„sh ont in every direction, ^^'rAtiri^ppiic'li^^^O, rnnnini water. Ya.nablo .nine.^.. °, ,1 ;'n tWsdistrict, and extensive deposits oF l.mcstone. It. Sate i"a 1 »Ubv and del.gbtfu. a, any in the w.r.d. I.s Cev. "„d thorough drainage, and its proxinnty 1o h.^h and cnsely lion iiiiu i-u o Hiinimcr climnte cool anfl nlyasaiit, „.hile the mountains altbrd protection aganist t e "'■^:tr;;;r.s::'xc;;:?;;::gb.;vceno.oB,. :L:„Ts'thro:gl. the state, a distant, of about tbree hundred ,u:les •iJll, from forty to seventy inilos, a ul in some places ■ fntwoorniorj vallcvs. By geologists it is , ' u"l .'Alunlln^ to the Silurian formation, which lies next in ':t^:::t%^ry-. t„c roc^, whicheuterniost largely into orucr »o I i;„„,_,6. j-vcral varieties ol slati.', sand ,it etnictnre bcinji tie limosiones, o.n,iui Its struciurc utu „ diaintcration, these rooks ijjlomcrfltcs. 13y t.iLir aisiniconuiu , il„ „lv„ .oils of coo.) mnlilv. Although inaiiv bcaiitilul generally gi>o sods o g, 1 , ;„„ ,„„j, ,,,„ i-c^iicntly ' flow .b-ough he ^ ;,;;>,. •-,^;:;™^„„,, ,„„„„,. g:!„„™,iy deficient 11 running • . ■n,,. „„„iiier i- cool and l.WaMllt, copimia, not be-.ng very numerous, i . »" but tbe vTOiter climate is cold and damp WjT 7 — 1 r — ^ s.-jy/w.,. tJ~ 4jgy ^1 < r ,!5 V I ,'LE N '10 ^i-t-- ;-