An African American history tour of Clarke and Warren Counties in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. This self-driving tour features historic African American sites such as schools, churches, neighborhoods, cemeteries, and businesses and more. The tour starts at the area of Lewisville in Clarke County and ends at the Henrico Baltimore Family Cemetery in Middletown and covers a total of 30 sites. This tour can be done in sections depending on what part of the counties you wish to explore.
We wish to acknowledge and and give a special thanks to the researchers and contributors to this tour: local historians Maral Kalbian and Melanie Garvey, local historian Dorothy Davis for her consultation, Taya Whitley, John Hisghman, Monica Robinson and Robin Lyttle for their assistance. Photos courtesy of Maral Kalbian, Melanie Garvey and Robin Lyttle unless otherwise noted in the description or photo caption. Aerial map images are from Apple Maps.
We wish to acknowledge and and give a special thanks to the researchers and contributors to this tour: local historians Maral Kalbian and Melanie Garvey, local historian Dorothy Davis for her consultation, Taya Whitley, John Hisghman, Monica Robinson and Robin Lyttle for their assistance. Photos courtesy of Maral Kalbian, Melanie Garvey and Robin Lyttle unless otherwise noted in the description or photo caption. Aerial map images are from Apple Maps.
Download a PDF file of the Roots Run Deep Clarke/Warren Counties Tour (1st Ed, 2022) booklet below.
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