Rivers, Ridges & Rails: Rockbridge’s Vesuvius

Sunday, October 21, 2:30 PM
FREE RHS Program
Vesuvius Baptist Church (Rte 56)

Austin Store and N&W Locomotive, Vesuvius; late 1950s
Photo by O. Winston Link; Credit: O.Winston Link Museum

 

Local Historian and former RHS Officer Dick Halseth will steam us ‘down the track’ through the historic developments of Vesuvius, on the northern edge of Rockbridge County. His illustrated slideshow will explore the area’s early industrial growth in the early 1800s, the impact of the vital rail line that ran through the town and County by the end of the century, and some of the community rhythms, and local curiosities, that have made this village a distinctive center for two centuries and counting.
Learn more about this event HERE.