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Lucyville

Lifestyles

Cumberland County’s Lucyville gets state historical marker

Within a month, you’ll be able to pinpoint exactly where Lucyville used to be. The Virginia Department of ... Read more

Rev. J. Samuel Williams Jr.

Lifestyles

Farmville Town Council plans to honor Rev. Samuel Williams Jr.

FARMVILLE – They prayed and sang hymns on the steps of Farmville Baptist Church. It was July 28, ... Read more

Sailor's Creek

News

History’s lesson: VFW offers Memorial Day tribute at Sailor’s Creek

After the battle of Sailor’s Creek, Union Cavalryman Joel Swett found a piece of paper lying near a ... Read more

Holliday Creek

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

Hatton Ferry

Lifestyles

Hatton Ferry connects the past and present in Buckingham County

If you lived here in the early 1800s, there’s a good chance you took a poled ferry when ... Read more

ghostly bell

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

High Bridge Trail State Park

Lifestyles

Small graves mark a big mystery at High Bridge Trail State Park

On a warm July day in 1906, an African-American man was struck by a train in Rice. The ... Read more

Shed Dungee

Lifestyles

Who was Shed Dungee? Cumberland native fought for interracial marriage

CUMBERLAND – He was the first Black man to represent Buckingham and Cumberland counties in the Virginia House ... Read more

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