Blacksburg VA Archives - Appalachian History

Lovesick in Blacksburg

Olivia Tutwiler had her pick of the 1919 crop of VPI boys. The baddest of the bad boys there stole her heart. Could she win his?

Newspapers called it “the Christiansburg-Blacksburg Railroad.” Here’s how the railroad became connected in people’s minds to huckleberries.

First stop for Southern Highland Handicraft Guild’s traveling exhibition will be at the American County Life Assn. conference at Blacksburg.

A historic structure was sold for the construction of a new parking garage & retail center (Kent Square). The Town stepped in to save it.

The next time you drive up Nellie’s Cave Road in Blacksburg VA, think of Nellie and her legacy, and be awed by the enormous cave.