Museum Oakland
Society Historical County Nelson
www.NelsonCounty.com
Library Memorial Nelson
2009 0636 - 22949 VA Lovingston,
the at located - Newspapers and Books
636 Box O. P.
Times County Nelson
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7015 - 263 - 434
Virginian - News Waynesboro
22949 VA Lovingston,
Dispatch Times Richmond
40th Highway Nelson Thomas 8519
Pilot Virginian Norfolk
Center Visitors County Nelson
Times County Nelson
Advance Daily The News/ The – Lynchburg
Progress Daily Charlottesville
museum.org - www.oakland 1969 September - August Newspapers –
0039 - 22949 VA Lovingston,
2007 Press UVA 39 Box P.O.
The Tangierman’s Lament and Other Tales of Virginia of Tales Other and Lament Tangierman’s
address: Mailing
Swift Earl
8400 - 263 - 434
2007 Books Diamond Blue 22922 VA Arrington,
States Atlantic Middle the of Hurricanes
Highway Nelson Thomas 5365
Schwartz Rick
2007 L.L.C. Publishing Saunders
Heartbeats of Nelson of Heartbeats
Saunders Paul
1997 Press Dietz The
1969 20, - 19 August Ledge Blue the Under
Jr. Pollard, A. Oliver
Grounds Courthouse the on Memorial Camille
2001 Co. Publishing Walsworth
2000 2000 - 1807 Heritage Virginia County, Nelson
Points of Interest & Map & Interest of Points
2005 November, Weatherwise
Camille Hurricane Rains: of Queen
Halverson B. J.
Chapters Camille Hurricane with Books Virginia County, Nelson
2005 Press Michigan of University
in
from America’s Most Violent Hurricane Violent Most America’s from
Unlearned Lessons Camille of Story The 5 Category
Camille
Howard A. Judith and Zebrowski Ernest
1970 Co. & Bell J.P. VA, Lynchburg
T o r n L a n d n a L n r o T
Jr. Simpson, H. Jerry & Shoaf Paige
Hurricane Hurricane
2006 Corp. Publishing Kensington - Press Citadel
Roar of the Heavens the of Roar
Bechtel Stefan
Bibliography
Hurricane Camille August 19–20, 1969
pressure dropped to 26.62 inches of mercury, Nelson County was in the path of one Nelson County making Camille the second lowest ever meas- Hurricane Camille Resource Center of the most devastating natural disasters that ured for a landfall hurricane in the U.S. Popu- In 2008 the Oakland – Nelson County Museum of the Commonwealth of Virginia had ever History developed an extensive Camille exhibit lation of the county in 1969 was about experienced. Classified by the National at Oakland that includes display panels describing 12,000, resulting in 1% of the population per- the Storm, Devastation, and Recovery in the county. Weather Service as a Category 5 hurricane, Books, oral history interviews, videos, photographs, ishing during the flood. Camille came ashore along the Gulf Coast newspapers, artifacts and a computer database of scanned materials about Camille are in the th on August 16 causing major destruction in The damage to the roadways, bridges and process of becoming accessible to visitors. that region. The deluge that fell on the Blue railroads was monumental. Most bridges over The Oakland Museum continues to solicit items and the Piney, Rockfish and Tye Rivers were help for the museum. Ridge Mountains three days later came destroyed or heavily damaged. Transportation How can you help the museum? without warning. “A rainfall in excess of 25 inches largely within a 5-hour period, swept came to a standstill with access into the coun- •Volunteer to be a docent during visiting hours at the museum. away or buried many miles of roads, over ty on the major highways virtually impossible •Bring your pictures or scrap 100 bridges, and over 900 buildings. 114 for several days. book to be scanned and people died and 37 remain missing. The returned to you for our database. Through the resilience of the county residents damage totaled more than $100,000,000 and •Let us record your remem- and help from the state and federal brance of August 1969. Virginia was declared a disaster area.” Text governments, the county found support in the •Send a donation to the museum from Virginia Historical Highway rescue, recovery and rebuilding following the to preserve the records and Marker. (Department of Historical enhance the Camille exhibit. flood. The efforts of the Mennonites and oth- Resources). Recorded by the National With your monetary donation to er volunteer organizations provided valuable the museum you can help preserve the memory of Hurricane Center, the central barometric services to the citizens of the county. loved ones whose lives were lost in this most tragic event in the history of Nelson County. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established after the Camille Oakland – Nelson County Museum of History 5365 Thomas Nelson Highway tragedy, the result of a need to coordinate Arrington, VA 22922 434-263-8400 natural disaster relief under a single federal Mailing address: P.O. Box 39 agency that could assist state and local Lovingston, VA 22949-0039 www.oakland-museum.org Photography by Brower York governments. August, 2011 [email protected]