Editor’s note: Rappahannock County last week lost one of its leading entrepreneurs, raconteurs and a genuinely fine fellow, Nevill Turner. He was English born and educated, a world traveler, Rappahannock resident since 2005, and a proud America citizen since 2010. 

The death of H.B. Wood on October 19 marked the passing of Rappahannock’s Old Guard. 

‘Your heart rate goes up, and you immediately start thinking why is this here? What happened?’ 

Author confronts ‘legend’ that a young George Washington surveyed town named in his honor

‘Our family history is a part of this place’

By the time the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Infantry Division, with men from Rappahannock County, was relieved of frontline combat on October 7, 1918, it had lost almost one-third of its strength. From September 26 to October 7, casualties were 108 killed, 908 wounded and 2 missing, …

Site committee visited Rosenwald school ‘and are very pleased and impressed’

There were different ‘tribes’ among 200 hippies in Rappahannock

School for African Americans closed when county schools were desegregated

The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was the greatest American battle in World War One. It was located in France as shown on the map below.

Arye Ephrath and his family’s amazing story of Holocaust survival

By Sally Latham Haynes

From Thornton Gap to Thornton River to F.T. (Francis Thornton) Valley Road and beyond, there were six Francis Thorntons associated with Rappahannock County between 1731 and 1840, one of whom laid out Sperryville in 1817. Rappahannock Historical Society researcher Maureen Harris in 2015 wrote…

Rappahannock native Edward Homer Bailey Sr., was born on Sept. 12, 1909 to Edward and Lovace Maggie Brown Bailey. On Dec. 28, 1931 he married Ethel V. Timbers, daughter of Henry and Josie Fitzhugh Timbers. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II — from Feb. 7, 1944 through Nov. 2, 194…

‘Prior to 1940, the military was the most segregated, was the most racist segment of America’

State legislators pass resolutions regretting Virginia lynchings

‘In 1963, I doubt very seriously that any of King’s associates dreamed that our nation would ever honor him with a national holiday’

‘Slavery . . . ravages are undeniably on the faces of minority residents’

Generations later, a determined descendant finds the private plot containing relatives, including one of Rappahannock’s first judges

‘There was nothing stopping them, they were in full throttle’

Little Washington, Sperryville and Reva all fielded teams and players who ‘worked hard and played harder’

General Orders No. 9 ‘farewell’ issued at Appomattox; General Orders No. 59 followed ‘glorious victory’ by Lee at Chancellorsville

25 years since the release of Ron Maxwell’s ‘Gettysburg’

It’s been nearly four years that Art Candenquist wrote the intriguing piece in the Rappahannock News, “Is it Washington — or Little Washington?”

A ceremony at Culpeper National Cemetery will honor unaccompanied veterans

Part 3 of a series

Among the 17 historic sites just added to the Virginia Landmarks Register by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources are three so-called “Rosenwald” schools — in Rappahannock, Albemarle and Campbell counties.

The lighter side of Army training in Virginia

‘Republic Undone’ premieres at Castleton

‘It is almost uncultivated . . . no animals are grazing where there used to be hundreds . . . numberless farms burnt’

From the time Nils Aylor was 11 years old his grandfather would set him on the path to a rustic log cabin that fronted F.T. Valley Road “to pick up his medicine from Doctor Crop.”

Stash includes anti-dueling oaths signed by Rappahannock officials

“A great Rappahannock coming together experience.” So proclaimed Washington Mayor John Fox Sullivan following Sunday’s 27th Annual Rappahannock County Birthday Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on what is the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s assassination.

The ‘Blue Ridge Division’ was ranked first of all National Army Divisions in WW1

Fascinating family history surrounds rechristened house on Main Street

‘We cannot change the past; however, we must embrace history and move forward’

This is the second of a three part series

New York, 3 October 1789

‘People mistake him for just being a yahoo. But he’s educated, he’s very articulate, and he’s very clever’

Officially, on the calendar, summer is sticking around for a couple more weeks. But with another Labor Day now in the past, the summer vacation season has indeed passed. Fun and carefree getaways, yes — and we all need those. But often journeys lead to unique, unexpected, meaningful experien…

‘Honestly I believe we need to ignore this statement by the governor’

First-ever mayor ruled with an iron fist and set of handcuffs