The hunter and his buddy were keeping an eye out for deer in the Nobusineess Creek sliver of Giles County when the first man saw something tha…
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The Rev. David A. MacQueen identified two categories of the wealthy. The disappointing ones were the disengaged “idle rich” as he labeled them…
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Rena Worthen is one of a legion who believes the lives of all people who ever lived must be remembered, that if they took one breath in this w…
The Rev. David A. MacQueen identified two categories of the wealthy. The disappointing ones were the disengaged “idle rich” as he labeled them…
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Born in Saltville, Texas Gladden of western Roanoke County was considered a folk singer of the highest stature.
Rena Worthen is one of a legion who believes the lives of all people who ever lived must be remembered, that If they took one breath in this w…
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Dark clouds forming; distant thunder sounding; a chilly breeze — a somber backdrop influenced the choice of topics for this week’s submission.…
Born in Saltville, Texas Gladden of western Roanoke County was considered a folk singer of the highest stature.
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‘Mosaic” is a cliché often applied to the craft of storytelling, the correspondence between the two, roughly speaking, said to be elements of …
Dark clouds forming; distant thunder sounding; a chilly breeze — a somber backdrop influenced the choice of topics for this week’s submission.…
“Mosaic” is a cliché often applied to the craft of storytelling, the correspondence between the two, roughly speaking, said to be elements of …
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Before bidding farewell to Samuel Aldrich Crozer, one of Roanoke’s pioneering industrial magnates, some final keystrokes remain to be applied …
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An unexpected discovery of previous family ties to Roanoke recently startled a current resident, prompting her to want to know more.
Before bidding farewell to Samuel Aldrich Crozer, one of Roanoke’s pioneering industrial magnates, some final keystrokes remain to be applied …
Much like an individual who experienced an alarming failure of rappelling gear, we were left dangling not long ago in efforts to write a final…
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A Roanoke woman shares memories of growing up as the caretaker's daughter at the Mill Mountain Zoo in the 1950s.
An unexpected discovery of previous family ties to Roanoke recently startled a current resident, prompting her to want to know more.
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True it is that beginning a report with a disclaimer serves as a dissatisfying introduction. Yet the nature of this column is that all the inf…
A Roanoke woman shares memories of growing up as the caretaker's daughter at the Mill Mountain Zoo in the 1950s.
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With only 19 years left on the lease for the real estate where the Gainsboro Branch Library rests, it’s not too soon for the Roanoke officials…
True it is that beginning a report with a disclaimer serves as a dissatisfying introduction. Yet the nature of this column is that all the inf…
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WOYM: All you need is a library card to open up gateways to source documents of local history (copy)
In the wake of the Civil War that ended two years previously, Virginia was still under military rule in 1867. Elections that year were schedul…
With only 19 years left on the lease for the real estate on which the Gainsboro Branch Library rests, it’s not too soon for the city of Roanok…
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“When she cut loose with that whistle, nothing like it had ever been heard in Roanoke,” octogenarian Davy Crockett recalled in 1955.
In the wake of the Civil War that ended two years previously, Virginia was still under military rule in 1867. Elections that year were schedul…