Rare Basic City VA 1492-1892 400Yr Columbus Day Program

Description :
This auction is for a Very Rare 1492 - 1892 / 400 Year Columbus Day Celebration Program Dated 1892. The celebration was held in Basic City, Virginia on October 21, 1892. This rare Program outlines the day's events. See pics for details. Item is in good condition with a few wrinkles from being in a book for over a hundred years. Item was found in an 1890's Doctor's Medical Book. A great piece of Patriotic Americana.

"Basic City was an incorporated town located in Augusta County, Virginia, in the United States. Formed in 1890, it was named after a process for steel manufacture. This process was to be implemented in Basic City, and gave rise to land speculation. There was an explosion of manufacturing and commercial development in Basic City between 1890 and 1893 as two railroads crossed here, the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio. Basic City was once bigger than the surrounding city of Waynesboro, Virginia. As the national economy experienced a depression between 1893 and 1896, sources of investment money disappeared and many new industries in Basic City experienced bankruptcy and closed. The town's real estate bubble burst and many businesses started between 1890 and 1893 did not survive.
   In 1924, Basic City consolidated with the adjacent Town of Waynesboro, which had been formed in 1798. The new name for the town was called Waynesboro-Basic. It was later renamed "Waynesboro."
   In 1948, the Town of Waynesboro became an independent city. However, Basic City had become one of the "Lost Towns" of Virginia." - Wikipedia


Shipping :
I ship using USPS.

Payment :
I accept Paypal.