Date of Award
Spring 1949
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
History
Abstract
In 1753 Orange County could hardly have still been oalled a frontier region, but its society remained like that of the more exposed communities to the west for some time. It was neither overpopulated nor was the land intensively cultivated. The flora and fauna had hardly been affected, and wolves frequently howling at night reminded the inhabitants that the job of taming their environment was yet unfinished. These wolves were suffi ciently destruotive to demand bounties, and many farmers, planters and. gentlemen eked out their income by presenting the head of a wolf to the sheriff, who paid a hundred pounds of tobacco for the trophy.
Recommended Citation
Kirby, William Livingston, "A chapter in the history of Orange County, Virginia" (1949). Master's Theses. 43.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/43