Blue Ridge Public Television has scheduled the Historical Society documentary “Dreams in Steam, The Extraordinary Vision of W. Winston Link” to premiere on its ECHO channel as part of a local block of documentaries. The 30-minute film was just completed and partially...
George A. Kegley, a native of Wythe County, conservationist, master community volunteer and a backbone of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society, died in his sleep Feb. 16. He was editor of the annual History Journal, helped schedule Kegley lectures and in general was...
By ASHLEY WEBB, Curator, HSWV Andrew Lewis, William Preston, and William Fleming helped shape the course of history for Southwestern Virginia. Others also influenced our area, but these three left a physical legacy that can be seen in the collection of the Historical...
In the summer of 1918, four celebrities, a slew of staff, and a caravan of cars stopped in Roanoke for a few hours on a two-week long camping trip through Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and John Burroughs – essayist...
Museum manager Lynsey Allie has begun a series of virtual visits to different parts of the O. Winston Link and History Museum of Western Virginia exhibits. Walk along with her. The first look is at the Pocahontas Gallery. Click here: https://youtu.be/8hULn1rQMEg Send...
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