Ryand “Bert” Ruble, W&OD Engineer
Among the many engineers who drove the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad was Ryland “Bert” Ruble By Susan Freis Falknor According to his granddaughter, Mary Timpano, Ryland Ruble worked on the W&OD from the ...
Bluemonter Jerome Fanciulli, Publicist of Early Flight
By Susan Freis Falknor Bluemont’s Jerome Fanciulli is an example of how local history sometimes intertwines with the history of the country and the story of technology. Known to his Bluemont neighbors as a Ford truck dealer, Jerome ...
Introducing Ashford Weadon, Early Patriarch of Carrington House
Back Row from Left: “Adelaide Weadon” is actually Adeline H. “Addie” Weadon (1857-1929). She is the daughter of Ashford and Laurinda and is the “Addie H” Weadon buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery. As far as is known she ...
The Ancestry and Inheritance of William Clayton
Donald S. Coram is a descendant of William Clayton. He visited Bluemont in May 2015, to attend the 190th Anniversary celebration of the Snickesville Academy, Bluemont’s first school and church. This informative article ...
Bluemont Celebrates 190th Anniversary of Snickersville Academy
Bluemont’s Henry Plaster, whose family goes back to the early 1800s, gave a talk on the importance of local history (above). By Susan Freis Falknor Photos by Cynthia Morris On May 16, Bluemonters celebrated the 190th anniversary ...
Bluemont’s Clayton Hall Hosted 1817 Meeting for First Operating U.S Turnpike
By Susan Freis Falknor Thanks to Joe George, a descendent of Bluemont village’s founding father, William Clayton, we have received a reproduction of a historic meeting notice. The notice in the Genius of Liberty newspaper announces an ...
Ashby Family in Bluemont, Mid-1940s
By Susan Freis Falknor This candid photo captures a teenage Gladys Ashby, one morning in Bluemont, around 1943 or 1944. She sits in front of Bluemont’s historic E.E. Lake Store, where the U.S. Post Office was located at that ...
Costello & Carter: Families Living in Snickersville Academy-1930s & 1940s
By Susan Freis Falknor Two families made their home in the Snickersville Academy in the 1930s and early 1940s before Susie Neal came in the mid-1940s: the Costellos’ and Mrs. Bessie Carter. Long-time Bluemonter Martin Mitchell ...
New Front Door for the Snickersville Academy
The Snickersville Academy got a new (restored) front door for Christmas, thanks to Mark Zalewski and Alan Cochran. The thoughtful gift arrived after Christmas, but just in time to move the wreath (donated by Bluemonter Joy Peltier) ...
Ronn Spinner Remembers His Brother Rocky and their Childhood with Grandmother Susie Neal in Bluemont
Mrs. and Mr. Falknor, How are you? Haven’t spoken for quite some time. So much has taken place in my life at such a fast pace I find myself lost here and there. But because of my faith in God and good, I always bounce back. Our ...