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Local
histories
featured
on July
4th sale
Now you readers, pay attention! There is talent in these hills and you should take advantage of it. Local authors’ books will be on sale in the Ki Theater as part of the Independence Day festivities and will include local histories.
Laura Matthews book, A Ramble Through Rappahannock, chronicles the county’s evolution from agricultural backwater at its founding in 1656 to the eclectic arts enclave and retirement community that it is today. This excellent treatise explores the natural disadvantages and manmade obstacles to growth that are responsible for perpetuating the county’s rural character. While nearby counties fall victim to suburban sprawl, Rappahannock citizens struggle to prevent a similar fate for their community.
Hollow Boy, an autobiography by retired Judge Rayner Snead about the first 18 years of his life in Gid Brown Hollow, is an intimate description of a portion of the county history he experienced. Life in the Hollow in the 1920’s and 30’s was a struggle just to produce necessities, but his parents did so and sent their boys on to college. Work on the farm included raising apples for marketing, corn, wheat and hay. There were cows to milk, wood and water to be fetched, hogs to be slaughtered and processed, ice to be stored in the wintertime, fruits and vegetables to be preserved and hunting and fishing to supplement the food supply. The
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