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Welcome to the ACHS' brand new online Gift Shop. You can now purchase a membership to the Society from the comfort of your own home, or order great books highlighting our county's history with just a few clicks.


Membership in the Augusta County Historical Society is by calendar year. Those joining in the middle of the year will be sent items, such as newsletters, that have already come out for the year. Members receive three newsletters and one book-size journal, The Augusta Bulletin, each year. Membership is $35 for an individual or institution and $50 for a family.
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Gibralter
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Gibraltar of the Shenandoah—Civil War Sites and Stories of Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta County, Virginia
Author:Robert H. Moore II.
Pages: 197
Cover: full color, softback, 7 “ x 10”
Published: 2004

Description: Accurate and scholarly driving tour guide to Civil War sites in Augusta County and the cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. Well illustrated with specific directions to locations. Color maps, index, and appendices with names of persons who served in the war  • 11 driving tours • 86+ historic sites • more than 500 miles • 104 tour stops • more than 190 historic and current photographs • 4 full pages of color maps • fully indexed • ISBN 1-57864-266-3

Cost: $24.95 + $5 postage and handling + $1.25 tax if mailed to an address in Virginia. ($29.95 or $32.43)
Patriots
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Great Valley Patriots: Western Virginia in the Struggle for Liberty
Author:Howard M. Wilson
Pages: 280
Cover: hardback with dustjacket, 6" x 9"
Published: 1976

Description: Inspiring account of patriot leaders of the Shenandoah Valley from the American Revolutionary era by a veteran historian of the Valley. Special emphasis on early Scotch-Irish settlers, fully indexed.

Cost: $15 + $5.50 postage and handling + $.75 tax if mailed to an address in Virginia. ($20.50 or $21.25)
Portals
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Portals to Shenandoah Valley Folkways
Editor & authors: edited by Dorothy A Boyd-Bragg,  authors are John L. Heatwole, Nancy T. Sorrells, Danielle M. Torisky, and Scott H. Suter
Pages: 150
Cover: color softcover, 6” x 9”
Published: 2005

Description: Four well-known experts on Shenandoah Valley folkways are featured. Folklorist John L. Heatwole considers aspects of local folklore, including witches and hexing. Local historian Nancy T. Sorrells contributes a view of the role of cattle in valley life, including cattle drives. The importance of crafts, especially pottery and basket making, is the theme Scott H. Suter pursues. Food historian Danielle M. Torisky follows foodways of the Civil War era, including local recipes that were regarded as comfort foods to Valley folk, illustrated and fully indexed.

Cost: $15 + $3 postage and shipping + $.75 tax if mailed to an address in Virginia. ($18 or $18.75)