Photos

The fifth in a series of images from places I have not posted from yet in an attempt to fill out my TE map as much as possible.

Virginia's Shenandoah Valley follows the Shenandoah River, separating West Virginia from the state of Virginia and flowing just east of the Appalachian Mountains. On the other side of the Valley lie Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, which can be seen in the BG of this shot.

The Shenandoah has played a vital role in the history of Virginia. Containing some of the state's best farmland, it fed much of the state early in its history, when most of the eastern land was taken up with plantation farming. During the American Civil War, the Shenandoah was the site of scorched earth tactics from Union troops led by General Philip Sheridan aimed at destroying the Confederacy's will to fight by taking out its support systems.

Today, it remains a somewhat rural, agricultural part of the state of Virginia. US Interstate Highway 81, which run north-south from Tennessee all the way to the Canadian border at Fisher's Landing, NY. There's nothing remarkable about the spot in the picture; it is part of a failed panorama I attempted. The shots in the panorama represent the only photos I have from Virginia.