The fact that farmland is being lost in this country to redevelopment should not come as a shock to anyone. New housing developments and shopping centers are springing up and that once verdant farmland is being lost as many farmer’s children look for other opportunities. There is one thing that could save some farms and [...]
One has to wonder if John Washington had any thoughts about what his place would be in history when he settled in Virginia’s Northern Neck in 1657. Like nearly every settler in the rural colonies he took up clearing and working the land and as was common in the Virginia Colony he raised tobacco. The [...]
Let's face it, we all misbehaved as children. That was part of being a kid. Sometimes we did not display the proper manners around others and someone would ask “were you born in a barn?” There is a reason for that. When early settlers arrived in North America on the land they wanted to claim [...]
