Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2010-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 245 Rust, Jeanne Johnson 61011281 A History of the Town of Fairfax E-text prepared by Stacy Brown, Mark C. Orton, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "A History of the Town of Fairfax" by Jeanne Johnson Rust is a historical account written in the late 20th century. The book documents the early colonization, development, and evolution of Fairfax, Virginia, highlighting the interactions between early settlers and Native Americans, as well as socioeconomic changes through various historical periods such as the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. The opening of this work sets the tone by comparing the colonization of America to future space exploration, emphasizing the sheer dangers faced by these early settlers. It introduces themes of survival, adaptation, and community formation as the colonists navigated the challenges presented by the wilderness and Indigenous peoples. The text begins by recounting the precarious beginnings at Jamestown and outlines how colonists learned to cultivate the land and establish a framework for governance, ultimately leading to the foundation of Fairfax County. The narrative illustrates the complex relationships among settlers, local tribes, and varying socioeconomic classes, setting up a rich context for the historical events that influenced the town's growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fairfax (Va.) -- History F206 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Category: History - American 190916 2025-06-13T07:40:16.506946 text/html 177025 2010-04-14T16:31:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2292621 2010-04-14T16:34:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2457452 2025-06-13T07:40:26.640912 application/epub+zip 2457948 2025-06-13T07:40:20.795912 application/epub+zip 119947 2025-06-13T07:40:18.965943 application/epub+zip 2580719 2025-06-13T07:40:30.143874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2551841 2025-06-13T07:40:25.012914 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 226782 2022-09-14T15:54:31.570948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129066 2025-06-13T07:40:15.469969 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 128912 2010-04-14T16:29:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50170 2010-04-14T16:29:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 17826 2025-06-13T07:40:30.298871 application/rdf+xml 14959 2025-06-13T07:40:19.584911 image/jpeg 3807 2025-06-13T07:40:19.270915 image/jpeg 2385528 2025-06-13T07:40:16.614977 application/octet-stream application/zip