Halifax County

Story by Kendra Morris Photos provided by Sharon Blosser Sadly, this event has been canceled for 2021. Have you ever watched a young child create something with Legos or some other type of material, and it made you smile? Or have you seen a child laugh because of something they saw or said, and it made you laugh? That is ...

By John Theo Jr. Good’s Lawn and Garden Center is a multi-generation, family-owned business located at 4007 Halifax Road in Centerville. It began in 1963 as James L. Good’s Lawn Service out of James’s home in South Boston. The landscaping company soon evolved into a storefront located on Route 360 and was rebranded as Good’s Lawn and Garden Center, and ...

Timeless Treasure in Nathalie, Va. By John Theo Jr. US livestock auctions date back to the 1600s with the sale of crops, animals, tools, tobacco, and land. Even in today’s hi-tech world, auctions are still the fastest (and the most efficient) way to sell these items -- a quick mechanism to convert assets into cash. When Robert Coblentz grew up ...

Story and photos by Norwood Walker In the early days, peddlers brought more than wares to people in the sparsely settled lands of our country. Folks living on the frontier looked forward to seeing the peddler’s wagon cresting the hill and hearing pots and other goods clanging together announcing his arrival. Not only could they get pots, cloth, dry goods, ...

At the new location...South Boston - Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts & History By John Theo Jr Two of the greatest moments in The American Revolutionary War were not, in fact, battles. They were actually river crossings. Most school-age children know about the famous Crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night 1776, which allowed General George Washington to ...

By Jo Proia Eye catching millstones, powered by water wheels to mill grain and corn; big, circular saws at the community saw mill powered by diesel engines; community hog harvesting day, barn raising events. Were you lucky enough to be on the edge of time and able to experience these seemingly “old timey,” some say, “lost” ways? Unless you live ...

By Cheryl Gosney Watts The Southern Virginia Botanical Gardens and Environmental Education Center (SVBG) is peacefully nestled on 15 acres in South Boston / Halifax County, Va. The Southside Master Gardeners first met in February of 2010 for discussions and planning, which led to an agreement with the county (which owns the land known as Edmunds Park) for a long-term ...

Story by John Theo Jr Photos courtesy of the Library of Virginia When one thinks of northern transplants living in the south, word associations like retirement and Florida may come to mind. Other phrases like lower-cost-of-living or job-relocation sometimes correlate with North and South Carolina, but what brought a northerner like me to South Boston, Virginia of all places? In ...

Story by John Theo Jr Photos courtesy of the Library of Virginia When one thinks of mining in the United States, romantic places like California and Alaska’s Klondike come to mind. But Virginia? How about Halifax County? If we opened our history books to the section where the nation’s first European settlers stepped upon dry land, we would discover that ...

Halifax County Historical Society By Norwood Walker HOME: the word conjures myriad thoughts, memories and old familiar quotes. “There’s no place like home. Anywhere I hang my hat is home. Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. Home is the nicest word there ...