Monday is Memorial Day, a day when we remember those fallen Veterans of the Armed Services.
Craig County was connected to the War between the States by many young men who took up the cause. From World War One until the Present Day, many men and women have joined up with Uncle Sam.
We have a lot of Service [...]
Early in April, during spring break, my brother and his family came for a visit. We had an enjoyable few days, filled with socializing and driving. In addition to visiting me and our niece in Richmond, brother Joe wanted to show his wife and daughter his museum exhibit at the Prizery Community Arts [...]
Last week I was just chugging along through the work week, when I received a wrong number call. Once the caller realized who he had called, he asked, “Oh…is this Wilderness Adventure there in New Castle?” I responded yes inquisitvley. The caller turned out to be one of the new owners of Big Pine Trout [...]
Our two most common harbingers of spring, the robin and crocus, arrived ahead of the official spring date. In fact both appeared before all the snow melted. In a few days the early iris, both yellow and purple, were in full bloom.
Craig County’s climate is ideal for the hardy spring bulbs. Daffodils foliage thrived underneath [...]
Carpenter Bees
I have a small back porch, just big enough for a couple of chairs and a small table. That’s where I have my morning coffee and observe the goings on at the creek. Living in the county has introduced me to previously unobserved critters. One of them is the carpenter bee.
They’re those big, fuzzy [...]
….And it was a stately courthouse that Craig County built!
The County Justices received their commissions on April 4th and were sworn in at the first meeting on April 24, 1851. Barely into the business of running the new county, the seventeen Justices of the Peace had to turn their attention to appointing a committee to [...]
Well it’s Christmas time in Craig County and it looks like we are going to have our first white Christmas in a while. Mother Nature blessed us (or cursed us depending on your viewpoint) with 18 inches of snow over the weekend. With Christmas only four days away and the temperatures remaining in the 30’s [...]
I am a transplant who has developed deep roots in Craig County in the fifty-five years I have called this place home. My challenge as a blogger is to offer some interesting historical facts about the county.
As I look out from the vantage point of my home that borders the old Cumberland Gap Road, I [...]
In all the years I have been writing the New Castle Record my favorite part of the job is writing a column called Potpourri. I would like to share a potpourri of some of the life styles, traditions and musings with our readers. You may come to Craig County and see all the sights, [...]
Hello! Welcome to the first of the Craig County Bloggers!! Four of us have committed to sharing our passion — Craig County— and I’m the lucky one to be first!!
I was raised in Craig County and have lived here for most of my life, except for a few years when I ventured to Salem to [...]