Pat Turner Ritchie

Some people are surprised that Brocks Gap Heritage Day draws out-of-state people for a six-hour event that does not involve...

Jacob W. Fawley’s description of how he managed his farm Jacob W. Fawley was a witness in John Fawley etc....

After a two-year pause, the 30th annual Brocks Gap Heritage Day will be Saturday, May 7, 2022, at Broadway High...

What did the first white settlers find when they moved to northwestern Rockingham County in the 1740s and ‘50s? How...

I’ll be there if the crick don’t rise As I write this month’s story, icy roads have closed schools for...

Most Brocks Gap natives descend from families who have lived there for generations. For instance, Stacy and Diana Custer’s grandchild...

Knowing local history lets us feel personal connections with major events in our country’s history. Though we may not have learned it in our history classes, Brocks...

Historian Lonzie Dove thought that early settlers moved to Brocks Gap because of good fishing streams and hunting lands. Those...