{"product_id":"how-harrisonburg-lost-its-founder","title":"How Harrisonburg Lost Its Founder","description":"\u003cp\u003eFort Harrison, Inc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"x1ll2q23 x1a4oops\"\u003eWhere Is Thomas Harrison?\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eWhat happens when a community forgets the people who built it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eThomas Harrison was an early pioneer of the Shenandoah Valley and the namesake of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Yet the places that could tell his story have nearly vanished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eThe Old Church on the Hill, once the first place of worship in the young town, was neglected until it collapsed. Nearby, the Old Burying Ground—where Harrisonburg’s earliest citizens were laid to rest—was allowed to disappear. By 1946, historian John Wayland recorded that the remaining tombstones were gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eThen the Morrison House, long associated with Thomas Harrison and his family, was destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eSo where is Thomas Harrison?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eWas he buried with his family on the hill? Near the Chapel of Ease? In another cemetery? Or were his remains lost when the landscape changed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eThrough surviving records and the work of local historians, this book searches for answers—and examines what Harrisonburg lost when progress erased its past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x12ofw9d\"\u003eBecause when the landmarks disappear, who remembers the people?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e45 pages, Fort Harrison, Inc., 2026.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Rocktown History - HRHS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50586851508399,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/5228\/5871\/files\/Harrisonburglostfounder.jpg?v=1791397669","url":"https:\/\/shop.rocktownhistory.org\/products\/how-harrisonburg-lost-its-founder","provider":"Rocktown History","version":"1.0","type":"link"}