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Preferred Citation

[Printed volume, "Sportsmen's Association of Cheat Mountain"], Rockbridge Historical Society Collection, R.H.S. Coll. #0060, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Scope and Contents

A guide and the by - laws of the "Sportsmen's Association of Cheat Mountain", which was a privately owned hunting and fishing preserve in Randolph County, West Virginia founded in 1887. This small volume was published in 1889. It is inscribed by William S. Edwards of Charleston, West Virginia, who was a member of the board of directors of the association. The volume includes printed maps of the vicitiniy of the preserve. Found in the volume is a segment of a photograph of a hunting party and related scenes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Edwards, William S.
• Fishing
• Forest reserves
• Hunting
• Sportsmen's Association of Cheat Mountain
• West Virginia--Randolph County