The Okie Legacy: Monterey House Hotel - Virginia

Soaring eagle logo. Okie Legacy Banner. Click here for homepage.

Moderated by NW Okie!

Volume 10 , Issue 18

2008

Weekly eZine: (364 subscribers)
Subscribe | Unsubscribe
Using Desktop...

Sections
Alva Mystery
Opera House Mystery

Albums...
1920 Alva PowWow
1917 Ranger
1926 Ranger
1937 Ranger
Castle On the Hill

Stories Containing...

Blogs / WebCams / Photos
NW Okie's FB
OkieJournal FB
OkieLegacy Blog
Ancestry (paristimes)
NW Okie Instagram
Flickr Gallery
1960 Politcal Legacy
1933 WIRangeManuel
Volume 10
1999  Vol 1
2000  Vol 2
2001  Vol 3
2002  Vol 4
2003  Vol 5
2004  Vol 6
2005  Vol 7
2006  Vol 8
2007  Vol 9
2008  Vol 10
2009  Vol 11
2010  Vol 12
2011  Vol 13
2012  Vol 14
2013  Vol 15
2014  Vol 16
2015  Vol 17
2016  Vol 18
2017  Vol 19
2018  Vol 20
2021  Vol 21
Issues 18
Iss 1  1-6 
Iss 2  1-13 
Iss 3  1-20 
Iss 4  1-27 
Iss 5  2-3 
Iss 6  2-10 
Iss 7  2-17 
Iss 8  2-24 
Iss 9  3-2 
Iss 10  3-9 
Iss 11  3-16 
Iss 12  3-23 
Iss 13  3-30 
Iss 14  4-6 
Iss 15  4-13 
Iss 16  4-20 
Iss 17  4-27 
Iss 18  5-4 
Iss 19  5-11 
Iss 20  5-18 
Iss 21  5-25 
Iss 22  6-1 
Iss 23  6-8 
Iss 24  6-15 
Iss 25  6-22 
Iss 26  6-29 
Iss 27  7-6 
Iss 28  7-13 
Iss 29  7-20 
Iss 30  7-27 
Iss 31  8-3 
Iss 32  8-10 
Iss 33  8-17 
Iss 34  8-24 
Iss 35  8-31 
Iss 36  9-7 
Iss 37  9-14 
Iss 38  9-21 
Iss 39  9-28 
Iss 40  10-5 
Iss 41  10-12 
Iss 42  10-19 
Iss 43  10-26 
Iss 44  11-2 
Iss 45  11-9 
Iss 46  11-16 
Iss 47  11-23 
Iss 48  11-30 
Iss 49  12-7 
Iss 50  12-14 
Iss 51  12-21 
Iss 52  12-28 
Other Resources
NWOkie JukeBox

Monterey House Hotel - Virginia

"My wife Martha has genealogical connections to Monterey, Virginia, the county seat of Highland County. We once made a stop there and researched her family?s records in the court house and library there. We had previously done the same in bordering Pendleton County, West Virginia. To the left is a photo of the Monterey House Hotel.

Monterey has the highest elevation of any town east of the Rocky Mountains, at 2894 feet. It has a population of less than 200. Actually, it was formed in 1847 from Pendleton County. The latter was formed from Augusta and other counties in 1788. Later, even though they were once part of the same county, Highland went with the Confederacy when the Civil War broke out, and Pendleton went with the Union. This resulted in the two counties being in different states after the war.

This is one of the most beautiful and charming areas we ever visited in the east. Highland is the least populated counties of the state. However, the annual Maple Festival draws 50,000 people each spring. There are also several hotels; including the Monterey House which is an Eastlake styled structure over a hundred years old.

The surnames we were researching were BIRD and COOK?the latter no relation to mine. We were traveling in an RV and used the parking lot of the local bank, and parked there over night. In the early days the local government and court operated in an inn owned by Martha?s ancestor. We knew what street it had been on and could not find the street. Someone in the library told us that the streets? names had been changed. She then pointed out where the inn would have been located?where the bank?s parking lot is presently. Yes, we had spent the night where the inn had been located, without even knowing it. Genealogy is fun." -- Charles M. Cook
  |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe


© . Linda Mcgill Wagner - began © 1999 Contact Me