CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER — King & Queen County Historical Society Meeting – Sunday, January 25, 2026

The King and Queen County Historical Society invites the public to its quarterly meeting on Sunday afternoon, January 25, 2026 at 3 o’clock p.m. at the New Court House Building (Admin) Building, King and Queen County Courthouse, 23085. The speaker will be Ms. Katie Gibson Harlow, researcher with Kenah Consulting, who works with tribal nations on cultural heritage management, federal grants, and archiving. She is Vice-President of the King William County Historical Society and serves on the Board of the Historical Society of West Point. She holds an undergraduate degree in History from The College of William and Mary and a Master’s Degree in History from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). She has written papers about hookworm and public health.

Ms. Harlow’s subject will be “Bathurst Brown Bagby, M.D., His Contributions to Public Health in Rural Communities”. Dr. Bagby was born in 1879 in the Stevensville area of King and Queen County. He practiced medicine in King and Queen, West Point, and other communities in Virginia, and held state health offices. His focus on the causes of poor health in both white and black rural communities and preventative measures was ground breaking at a time when there were very few public health systems. In his book Recollections, published in 1950, he left behind a picture of, in his words, “the every-day life of our relatives and friends in Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties of Virginia, during the period following the Civil War.” In 2024, the Historical Society of West Point erected an informational marker about Dr. Bagby near Bagby Street in West Point.

Refreshments will be served following the program.