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By Terri L. Fisher

quickly after Giles County used to be shaped in 1806, George Pearis provided fifty three acres, lumber, and stone to construct the 1st courthouse. The construction used to be built, and Pearisburg used to be validated in 1808 on the geographic middle of the county. the unique courthouse used to be changed in 1836 with the present brick constitution that has been lately renovated and continues to be in use this day. Giles County�s tale is one in every of water crossings and floods, agriculture, commercial improvement, railroads, tourism, and certain groups remoted through the mountains and water. usual assets, together with mountains, springs, creeks, limestone cliffs, and 37 miles of the recent River in Giles County, have formed the payment, undefined, transportation, trade, game, and tourism of the world. photos of lifestyles in each one of those small groups depict the various historical past of Giles County and those that were interested in this place.

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