History of Capola

Capola Mountain is a 1,732 ft. mountain peak near Woodstock, Virginia, United States. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 1211th highest mountain in Virginia and the 47625th highest mountain in the United States. The nearest peaks are Tea Mountain, Sugar Hill, Little Sluice Mountain, Paddy Mountain, Sugar Knob, and Bonnet Hill.

The beginning of the iron industry in America goes back over 100 years before the Revolution. Pig iron for the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War was obtained in large quantities from the Virginia pig iron industry.
(From USDA "Cultural History"
Capola Mountain Mine

Article from the Shenandoah Valley Herald, July 5, 1989.

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Links:
Wikipedia ~ Van Buren Furnace
USDA Cultural History ~ Iron Industry
Iron Furnaces of Virginia
U.S. Dept. of the Interior Publication ~ Silent Reminders
Van Buren Iron Furnace Photo Essay by Melanie B.
Manganese Deposits of Cedar Creek
Articles:

The Virginia Magazine The First American Blast Furnace 1619-1622

The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early launched a surprise attack against the encamped army of Union Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, across Cedar Creek, northeast of Strasburg, Virginia. During the morning fighting, seven Union infantry divisions were forced to fall back and lost numerous prisoners and cannons. Early failed to continue his attack north of Middletown and Sheridan, dramatically riding to the battlefield from Winchester, was able to rally his troops to hold a new defensive line. A Union counterattack that afternoon routed Early's army.
(from Wikipedia)

Four centuries ago, when all of America was Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley, a fertile and bountiful 200-mile natural thoroughfare formed by ancient oceans, was the site of old legends and revered tales. Native Indians detailed to the first Englishmen arriving on American soil in the 1600s of vast herds of grazing animals and endless forests of American trees including Chestnut Trees, many 600 years old and 100 feet high. For thousands of years the American Indians had thrived in the bountiful Shenandoah Valley hunting ground, later trading highly valued furs to be worn in Europe. (From "The First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley")

Links:
The First Settlers of the Shenandoah Valley
Books:
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants by Thomas Kemp Cartmell