Massanutten: The First White Settlement in the Shenandoah Valley 1726

Strickler, Harry M.

Originally published in 1924, "Massanutten: The First White Settlement in the Shenandoah Valley 1726" by Harry M. Strickler details the establishment of the first European settlement in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, which was called Massanutten and primarily populated by a group of Pennsylvania-based Swiss and German pioneers who arrived in 1726, marking the beginning of white settlement in the region; the book explores the cultural and social dynamics of these early settlers, including their interactions with the indigenous population and the challenges they faced in establishing a new community in the frontier lands west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 

Reprint of 1924 edition, 192 pages, index, Iberian Publishing Co., 2024