Roberta McCarty Underwood, 89, of Berryville, Virginia, died Thursday, November 20, 2014. Ms. Underwood was born August 20, 1925, in Airmont, Virginia, the daughter of the late John William McCarty and Lula Martz McCarty. She was a cook at Pine…
Fall 2014 Logbook Bluemont Newsletter
A historic sampler has come to light from the earliest days of Snickersville, now called Bluemont. “Through artifacts like this sampler, we are starting to get a picture of some of the individual children who attended Bluemont’s first school,” said…
By Susan Freis Falknor Three new landmark signs, plus one installed near Aldie in 2012, reflect many years of behind-the-scenes work by community leaders. The large, die-cast aluminum signs, readable from a car or on foot—perform well in transmitting a…
LOGBOOK AUG 2013: Bluemont Newsletter
By Susan Freis Falknor Before they left for their new home in North Carolina, long-time Bluemont residents Don and Linda Corley donated this beautiful antique rocking chair to Friends of Bluemont. This picture shows a little great-great-great-granddaughter of Susie Neal,…
By Susan Freis Falknor Born in 1930, Martin Mitchell is one of the village’s longest-term residents. He is reputed to know more about what happened in Bluemont over the past eight decades than perhaps anyone else. His life spans a…
By Les Querry Good friendships have marked the Blue Ridge Mountain community of unique historic homes since before the turn of the last century. Sometimes these relationships leave traces. Mrs. Huntington was Frances Carpenter, daughter of Frank Carpenter, who built…
February 2013 Logbook Bluemont Newsletter
By Rick Gleason, Director The renovations that the citizens of Bluemont have been working toward since the concept of changing the old school house into a Community Center began in the late 1980s have been completed. Bluemont Community Center owes…
