Ettrick’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Ettrick. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ettrick was named around 1765 by the foreign merchant Neil Buchanan, who dubbed the eventual village Ettrick Banks for its similarities to his native Ettrick area of Selkirk, Scotland.
Capt. Christopher Newport led expeditions in this area. Near Petersburg, which developed as an industrial city, Ettrick also developed industry. It had cotton mills, as it was on the Fall Line and could use water power.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Ettrick’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Ettrick’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOn Ettricks Island, Petersburg, D…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Ettrick
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Ettrick, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Ettrick
3 places in Ettrick are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as On Ettricks Island, Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Street (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.