A history of Mount Jackson,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mount Jackson from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1739, attracted by rich valley land and abundant water supply, Benjamin Allen purchased a 400-acre tract at the confluence of Mill Creek and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and established a grist mill by 1746. Soon other settlers and small mills followed. The village was known as Mount Pleasant. On January 28, 1826, an act of the General Assembly of Virginia changed the name of the village in honor of General Andrew Jackson, the hero of the War of 1812.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mount Jackson’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe war in the Shenandoah Valley …, 1862: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mount Jackson
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Mount Jackson, decade by decade
![Where first annual meeting was held in VA [Church of the Brethren]](https://images.towntapestry.org/story/18179/8c3a0e207d315b111bae-s.jpg)
1990s
4 historic places in Mount Jackson
Mount Jackson has 4 listings on the National Register, and they protect 129 historic buildings, because Mount Jackson Historic District alone counts 125.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The war in the Shenandoah Valley - burning the bridge near Mount Jackson, by order of the Rebel General (1862) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (6) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.