The mention of Williamsburg reminds me that the National Building Museum
hosted a lecture several years ago by an author who had written a book about
Williamsburg and how the original "reconstruction" in the early 20th century
was historically inaccurate. I can not remember the speaker or the name of
his book, but if anyone knows it, it could be a good resource.

Pamela

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Harvey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 12:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Montpelier / Landscapes
>
> Meghan,
>
> This discussion of historical landscapes in always a problem - one only
> has to see the cars and buses zooming around Colonial Williamsburg after
> breaching in encircling pancake houses and hotels on the way there.
>
> It is also a major problem with every Charcoal Iron Furnace site I have
> ever seen. These days they appear as peaceful buccolic park lands
> surrounded with second growth forests and bird song. Historic prints and
> photos belie that scene as those sites had sometimes tens of thousands of
> acres of denuded land from the intensive charcoal production necessary to
> feed these furnaces (a colonial era furnace could burn an acre of timber a
> day). Plus, all of the soot and noise and sounds of one of these things in
> operation.
>
> Monticello, so near to Montpelier, also is missing signiifcant aspects of
> its historic landscape (one only has to think of Mulberry row - with its
> shops and slave quarters.)
>
> So, Montpelier is not alone in having an altered historic landscape I
> suspect.
>
> Cheers!
> Dave
>
> David Harvey
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