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About the Shenandoah County Historical Society and the Podcast
The Shenandoah County Historical Society is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of Shenandoah County, and the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia. Founded in 1985, the Society serves as the county’s official historical organization and brings together people committed to safeguarding local history through research, preservation projects, public programs, and educational outreach. A key part of the Society’s mission is finding new, effective and entertaining ways to reach a broader and more diverse audience while sharing reliable and accurate historical information about Shenandoah County and the Shenandoah Valley.
The Shenandoah Valley Radio Program began as a weekly radio program that was had been on the air during the late 2000s in Mt. Jackson, Va., over what was then WSVG radio. The podcast version of the program had been one of the earliest ones ever produced about the Shenandoah Valley. It is now back as a monthly podcast, continuing to share Shenandoah Valley history in a clear, narrative style that also pays tribute to earlier styles of radio broadcasting. Interviews with historians and authors authoritatively share the history of this unique region. For listeners both inside and outside the Valley, these conversations and stories provide a thoughtful, accessible, and hopefully an entertaining way to better understand the people, places, and events that shaped the historic Shenandoah Valley – and all of it framed in the larger context of American history.
Support the Mission and Work of the SCHS
The Shenandoah County Historical Society is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. All contributions go directly toward supporting our mission—maintaining collections, managing and operating the Historic Courthouse Visitor Center and Museum in Woodstock, Va., and making Valley history more accessible to all, now and for future generations. If you value our mission of promoting historical awareness, preservation stewardship and community enagement, we invite you to consider supporting the Shenandoah County Historical Society.
Production Team
Producer and Host: Hank Zimmerman
Hank Zimmerman’s life journey follows a path similar to that of the early European settlers of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The grandson of European immigrants who came to eastern Pennsylvania in the early 1900s, he had headed out into the south central part of the state during the 1970s. From there, with a degree in Communications/Broadcasting, he literally followed the old route of the Great Wagon Road into Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley. For over 45 years, the Shenandoah Valley has been home.
His long career in the Valley has included work in history-related media and communications, including co-producing a 2008 museum theater video The Burning for the Shenandoah Valley Cultural Heritage Center at the Edinburg Mill Museum. A few years later he was the technical producer of The Valley on Fire, a Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation video about the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley.
Historical Research Director: Dennis M. Atwood
Dennis Atwood is a board member of the Shenandoah County Historical Society. He was a member of the Morrison Photo Collection processing team and the Historic Barns of Shenandoah County program staff. Dennis is also co-admin of the SCHS Facebook page. A resident of Maurertown since 1978, he earned a minor in history (East Asian under Professor Marlene Mayo) at the University of Maryland. In more recent times, Dennis has focused on studying Revolutionary Era and Early American, World War II, African American, and Native American history.
Program Credits
Presented by:
The Shenandoah County Historical Society
Production Support:
Shenandoah Valley Productions, LLC