The Tobacco Industry in the City of Martinsville and Henry County By Steve Rucker In Henry County, tobacco was the chief agricultural... Read More

The Building of a Unique Mill Town; Fieldale, Virginia By Bea Bullard In the early 1900s, Marshall Field and Company wanted to... Read More

Rodman and the Courthouse Cannons By Johnny E. Nolen                In the year 1841, Thomas Jackson Rodman graduated from West Point Military... Read More

Early Education and Schools in Henry County by Virginia King, Martinsville   Free public education was not available in colonial days.  Wealthy... Read More

Frontier Women: The “Glue” That Held the Early Families Together in Virginia By Dr. Barry Dorsey    The roles of frontier women... Read More

C. B. Bryant 1842-1915 “Charles B. Bryant was one of the most brilliant men and unique characters that ever lived in Henry... Read More

I would live from week to week with the expectation of going to town on Saturday. After I was 11 or 12... Read More

Born 1893 Died 1956 John Armstrong Shackelford, MD, was born in Irisburg, Virginia, 1893, and attended school in Martinsville. He attended Hampden-Sydney... Read More

Born December 7, 1869 Died October 2, 1941 Dr. Shackelford was born and reared in Irisburg, Virginia, the son of William George... Read More