Land Use History for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Commisso M and Foulds HE. 2007. Land Use History for Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park. Cultural Landscape Report. National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Boston, Massachusetts
This report provides a brief land use history of the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park and is intended to inform the development of the park's General Management Plan. It is intended to assist in developing long-range plans by providing an understanding of landscape significance and integrity, identifying areas within the park landscape that reveal its history and mark where historical interpretations would be most effective. In particular, it documents changes in the patterns of field and forest, views and vistas, roads and transportation corridors, and settlement. The presentation of the land use history is organized into time periods pertaining to critical events and milestones and is illustrated with maps and photographs.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Commisso, Michael; Foulds, H
- Date of Issue
- 2007-08
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
- Units
- CEBE , HIST , NER
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Battle of Cedar Creek, battlefield, Belle Grove Plantation, Cedar Creek Battlefield, Cedar Creek Battlefield Foundation, Civil War, CLR, conservation easement, cultural landscape, cultural landscape report, Cultural Resources, ehistory, historic orchard, interstate, James Madison, Jost Hite, Manor House, Military, OCLP, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, partnership, plantation, road trace, Shenandoah Valley, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation, The Civil War, Union General Phillip Sheridan, Virginia