Shenandoah
Shenandoah names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Shenandoah THE, a ship in the Confederate service during the American Civil War
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THE, a ship in the Confederate service during the American Civil War. It was built at Glasgow in 1863 for the China trade, and in 1864 was purchased by the Confederates. Her war record included the capture of 38 Federal vessels. Lieut. J. I. Waddell was in command from 1864 to 1865, while the Shenandoah was a privateer. On Oct. 19, 1864, the vessel was commissioned and ordered on a Pacific cruise. Before reaching Melbourne she made nine captures. From Australia she sailed N., and in the whaling regions did much destruction among the New England whaling fleets. This career was continued for several months after Lee's surrender, and included the last hostile acts of the Civil War. When Commander Waddell learned of the close of the war, he sailed to Liver-radiate a number of roads going E., S., pool and surrendered to the British Government. The commander and crew were liberated and the ship was handed over to the United States consul. The Shenandoah was the only vessel that carried the Confederate flag around the world.
Shenandoah a river of the United valley of Virginia
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a river of the United valley of Virginia, and immediately below Harper's Ferry joins the Potomac of which it is the principal tributary. , Its length is 170 miles, the greater part of which is navigable for boats valley of the Shenandoah was the scene . The of numerous military operations in the American Civil War, and was devastated by General Sheridan in 1864. SHENANDOAH kill co., Pa.; on the Philadelphia and , a borough in Schuyl- Reading, the Lehigh Valley, and the Pennsylvania railroads; 13 miles N. of Pottsville. Here are a number of the largest coal mines in the rich anthracite coal section of which it is the center. It also contains a high school, street railroad and electric light plants, public library, building and loan association, National and other banks, a daily and several weekly newspapers. It and other industries. Pop. (1910) 25,has hat factories, 774; (1920) 24,726.
Shenandoah a city of Iowa
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Iowa, in It is Page co. on the ton, and Quincy, the Keokuk and Western, Chicago, Burlingand the Wabash railroads. It is the center of an important fruit-growing ( and poultryraising region. Its industries include the manufacture of wagons, plows, knit goods, etc. Its notable buildings include an Elks' Home, a Carnegie Library, the Western Normal College, and the World's Missionary Training School. Pop. (1910) 4,976; (1920) 5,255.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 could not know that the Confederate raider's afterlife would be so odd: handed over at Liverpool in November 1865, she was sold to the Sultan of Zanzibar as El Majidi and lost at sea a few years later, and the name passed to the U.S. Navy dirigible ZR-1, which broke apart over Ohio in September 1925 with fourteen dead. The Shenandoah valley "devastated by General Sheridan in 1864" became protected landscape instead: Shenandoah National Park was established in 1935, with Skyline Drive along the Blue Ridge above it, and the river carries canoes and tourists rather than the freight boats Collier's described. The sharpest reversal is Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, "the center" of the anthracite region with 24,726 people in 1920; the mines closed after mid-century and the borough now holds under 4,000 residents. Shenandoah, Iowa, by contrast, is much the size it was, still a seed and nursery town, later famous for its farm radio stations and as the boyhood home of the Everly Brothers.
Written for this edition, 2026.