Long-time Bluemonter Henry Plaster in front of his barn with the Civil War cavalry pistol used by his Grandfather Henry Plaster, a Bluemont resident whose family reaches back to the Civil War era in the village, presented his year-by-year chronicle…
Deborah Bauers (Coates) is the daughter of Mary Hannah Kerrick, formerly of Bluemont, VA. Mary Hannah Kerrick, now 90 years old, has many cherished memories of the Bluemont area. She often recounts stories passed down through her family, including accounts…
By Laura Oleniacz, The Winchester Star Bluemont — On a bluff of the Blue Ridge Mountains overlooking the Shenandoah Valley, Maral S. Kalbian found herself thinking about the past. “People have obviously been enjoying this view. Whether it’s from Bear’s…
By Susan Freis Falknor Here are two contributions to our ongoing project of visualizing life and commerce in old Bluemont, contributed by Sonny and Betty Colbert, May 2013. Both items were gifts to them from long-time Bluemont residents, Don and…
Boost your personal enjoyment of Bluemont with this carefully researched entertaining reference From Snickersville to Bluemont: The Biography and History of a Village by Jean Herron Smith, Evelyn Porterfield Johnson, and Robert Hoffman Get this book with your Bluemont…
