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Strange Days of Roanoke: Shrine Hill

A grand plan by the Shriners in the 1920s would have made Raleigh Court a very different place!

Then and Now: Billy Sample Field

Salem’s Minor League Baseball story began at Municipal Field.

Roanoke’s Secret Library

In the 1940s the Gainsboro librarian was directed to rid the library of materials deemed subversive by white politicians. They thought she had, but they failed to look in the basement!

Strange Days of Roanoke: The Lindbergh Case

Months after his son was fatally kidnapped, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh received a threat against his second child….from Roanoke!

Strange Days of Roanoke: The Gospel Train

How a 13-year-old girl preached to thousands in Roanoke for two weeks in 1925.

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Guns ‘n’ Hoses: A Growing Tradition

In 2004, Gary Hostetter had an idea: Buy game jerseys for Roanoke Express hockey players and then auction them off right after the game, to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

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A 1920s aerial of the Virginia Heights/Raleigh Court section shows Shrine Hill.

Strange Days of Roanoke: Shrine Hill

A grand plan by the Shriners in the 1920s would have made Raleigh Court a very different place!
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Then and Now: Billy Sample Field

Salem’s Minor League Baseball story began at Municipal Field.
This 1950s image shows the interior of the library with Virginia Lee behind the main desk.

Roanoke’s Secret Library

In the 1940s the Gainsboro librarian was directed to rid the library of materials deemed subversive by white politicians. They thought she had, but they failed to look in the basement!
The State and City Bank at 102 Campbell Avenue, SW, in 1928.

Strange Days of Roanoke: The Lindbergh Case

Months after his son was fatally kidnapped, famous aviator Charles Lindbergh received a threat against his second child….from Roanoke!
Thirteen-year-old Uldine Utley poses with N&W workers and others at the Roanoke Shops.

Strange Days of Roanoke: The Gospel Train

How a 13-year-old girl preached to thousands in Roanoke for two weeks in 1925.

More from Our July/August Issue!

Supplied in Roanoke

Guns ‘n’ Hoses: A Growing Tradition

Guns ‘n’ Hoses: A Growing Tradition

In 2004, Gary Hostetter had an idea: Buy game jerseys for Roanoke Express hockey players and then auction them off right after the game, to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

More First Responders

Can't get enough of our May/June cover story about eight of Roanoke's finest? Click here to hear more from Firefighter John Dixon and Detective Eddie Hopkins.

Campus Safety with the Virginia Western Police Department

Virginia Western Campus Safety Video
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