Author: Dr. Jim Jordan | The Farmville Herald

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Farmville the Magazine

From The Archive: In 1837, they found gold in Holliday Creek

In 1837, you didn’t have to go to California to strike gold. All you’d have had to do ... Read more

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Lifestyles

From The Archive: Longwood’s ghostly bell and baggage wagon

FARMVILLE – Our story begins more than 100 years ago, with a ghostly bell, a wagon and the ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

A Look into the Past — Farmville in 1899: ‘We have a great and growing town!’

A page one article in The Farmville Herald in 1899 began, “Farmville is the metropolis of Southside Virginia ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

A Look into the Past — The Great Blizzard of 1940 — stranded by snow and saved by a mule

Story by Dr. Jim Jordan Photos courtesy of Bob Flippen Farmville had a dark and stormy night like ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

Thanksgiving in Farmville 1,000 years ago

Story by Dr. Jim Jordan The Thanksgiving we celebrate today did not exist until 1621. That year the ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

A Look into the Past: A tale of two burials — out of sight but not out of mind

Story by Dr. Jim Jordan Archeologists are good at finding buried things, and when things turn up where ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

A Look into the Past: Farmville’s ‘bad old days’ — past and present

Story by Dr. Jim Jordan The world of Farmville is currently upside down! The undoing of our social ... Read more

Farmville the Magazine

A Look into the Past: Farmville’s fling with spring

There’s a tale told about a judge some 200 years ago in Farmville who happened to gaze out ... Read more

Church & Community

When Farmville went to the dogs

When Farmville was founded in 1789, it would have been a most unusual family that did not own ... Read more

Columns

Sights, sounds and smells of Farmville’s past

On Easter weekend 151 years ago, the Civil War was ending in Farmville. The battles at Saylers Creek ... Read more

Church & Community

Drama unfolds beneath theater — Archaeologists uncover evidence of Farmville’s past

When people think of an archaeological dig, they usually picture a desert or a farmer’s field or someplace ... Read more

Columns

Out with the old – in with the new

Have you ever wondered why people in Farmville do rather unusual things the last few hours of December ... Read more

Columns

The Christmas tree: mystery and magic

Once upon a time, a long time ago, an evergreen tree was brought into a house. We don’t ... Read more

Columns

A Thanksgiving menu — 3,000 years ago

The Thanksgiving holiday we will celebrate in Farmville next week did not exist until the year 1621 when ... Read more

Columns

Farmville’s Missing Civil War Treasure

I teach archaeology at Longwood University, and one of my favorite courses is “Folklore of Virginia.”  My students ... Read more