Buckingham County
From The Archive: In 1837, they found gold in Holliday Creek
In 1837, you didn’t have to go to California to strike gold. All you’d have had to do was cross over the Appomattox River into ...
Dr. Jim Jordan, Author at Farmville
Haunted History
From The Archive: Longwood’s ghostly bell and baggage wagon
FARMVILLE – Our story begins more than 100 years ago, with a ghostly bell, a wagon and the Farmville train depot. The year was 1896, ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Friday, April 28, 2023 5:11 pm
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
A Look into the Past — Farmville in 1899: ‘We have a great and growing town!’
A page one article in The Farmville Herald in 1899 began, “Farmville is the metropolis of Southside Virginia — the best built, best kept, best ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Friday, April 16, 2021 6:00 am
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
A Look into the Past — The Great Blizzard of 1940 — stranded by snow and saved by a mule
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan Photos courtesy of Bob Flippen Farmville had a dark and stormy night like no other January 23, 1940. The next ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Saturday, December 26, 2020 6:00 am
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
Thanksgiving in Farmville 1,000 years ago
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan The Thanksgiving we celebrate today did not exist until 1621. That year the Pilgrims living in the little village of ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Friday, November 6, 2020 6:00 am
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
A Look into the Past: A tale of two burials — out of sight but not out of mind
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan Archeologists are good at finding buried things, and when things turn up where they aren’t supposed to be, well, we ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Friday, October 16, 2020 6:00 am
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
A Look into the Past: Farmville’s ‘bad old days’ — past and present
Story by Dr. Jim Jordan The world of Farmville is currently upside down! The undoing of our social lives, economy, schools and our health by ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 6:00 am
FARMVILLE THE MAGAZINE
A Look into the Past: Farmville’s fling with spring
There’s a tale told about a judge some 200 years ago in Farmville who happened to gaze out his courtroom window one warm April day. ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Friday, April 24, 2020 6:00 am
Church & Community
When Farmville went to the dogs
When Farmville was founded in 1789, it would have been a most unusual family that did not own a number of dogs. Even two centuries ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Thursday, April 21, 2016 5:54 am
Columns
Sights, sounds and smells of Farmville’s past
On Easter weekend 151 years ago, the Civil War was ending in Farmville. The battles at Saylers Creek and High Bridge had been fought, and ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Thursday, March 24, 2016 11:18 am
Church & Community
Drama unfolds beneath theater — Archaeologists uncover evidence of Farmville’s past
When people think of an archaeological dig, they usually picture a desert or a farmer’s field or someplace deep in the woods. But there is ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Thursday, February 18, 2016 5:37 am
Columns
Out with the old – in with the new
Have you ever wondered why people in Farmville do rather unusual things the last few hours of December and first few hours of January? The ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:06 pm
Columns
The Christmas tree: mystery and magic
Once upon a time, a long time ago, an evergreen tree was brought into a house. We don’t know exactly where that house was, but ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:10 am
Columns
A Thanksgiving menu — 3,000 years ago
The Thanksgiving holiday we will celebrate in Farmville next week did not exist until the year 1621 when Pilgrims in a little village called Plymouth, ...
by Dr. Jim Jordan, Thursday, November 19, 2015 2:28 pm
Columns
Farmville’s Missing Civil War Treasure
I teach archaeology at Longwood University, and one of my favorite courses is “Folklore of Virginia.” My students are interested in the legends about Farmville’s ...