West Va. RR Photography Ends June 10

West Va. RR Photography Ends June 10

Mills Kelly, professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, will discuss his book, Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail, May 23, a Tuesday, at Christ Lutheran Church. His talk is at 7 p.m. He is director of the award-winning Roy Rosenzweig Center for History...
Bygone Trail segment topic of May 23 talk

Bygone Trail segment topic of May 23 talk

Mills Kelly, professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, will discuss his book, Virginia’s Lost Appalachian Trail, May 23, a Tuesday, at Christ Lutheran Church. His talk is at 7 p.m. He is director of the award-winning Roy Rosenzweig Center for History...
2nd Saturdays Free for Area Residents

2nd Saturdays Free for Area Residents

The Roanoke History & O. Winston Link Museums will offer free admission to visitors from seven counties and two cities on the second Saturday of every month beginning May 13. The program covers Craig, Botetourt, Roanoke, Bedford, Montgomery, Franklin and Floyd...
Nancy Stark’s work highlights train details

Nancy Stark’s work highlights train details

As a companion to the just-opened New Look at Link: His Life and Legacy exhibit, Roanoke artist Nancy Stark has mounted a showing in the Link Museum’s Trackside Gallery of her vibrantly colored, large-scale paintings of railroad cars. The exhibit will run through Nov....
Historic Pump Station Now Open Sat-Sun

Historic Pump Station Now Open Sat-Sun

Long before the arrival of the first westward explorers in what is now Roanoke, the waters of Crystal Spring contributed to the area’s water supply and industry. It began when Scots-Irish immigrants settled in the region in the mid-1700s, and the Evans family...