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The development of canals, railroads, and roads, the cultivation and marketing of tobacco, wheat, and flour, the development of an iron industry, and the expansion of the state’s mercantile endeavors have shaped the growth of Virginia and are vital components of its history. The VMHC has formed an extensive collection of business records, the Reynolds Business History Center, that highlights the role of business and industry through lectures, articles and other content that you can explore below.

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16,000 BCE to 1622 CE
A Land of Opportunity: Creating Virginia
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1623 to 1763
A Distant Dominion
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1764 to 1824
From British Colony to American State
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1825 to 1860
Challenge of a New Century
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1861 to 1876
Civil War and Reconstruction
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1877 to 1924
Virginia in the New South
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1925 to Today
Dynamic Dominion

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