Recent News
King and Queen Group Retraces Route of Knights of Golden Horseshoe (October 2005)
On Saturday, October 15, donors to the King and Queen County Historical Society’s Endowment Fund ventured to retrace the 1716 trip of Gov. Alexander Spotswood and his Knights of the Golden Horseshoes to find a passage across the Blue Ridge Mountains. The “knights” acquired their name from the small golden horseshoe the Governor gave each Read the full article…
Log Schoolhouse III: King and Queen Opens Log Schoolhouse (October 2004)
On Sunday, October 25th, the King and Queen County opened its Eastern View Log Schoolhouse in a Grand Opening Ceremony at the King and Queen Courthouse. The Eastern View Schoolhouse was originally constructed and located at Eastern View Farm, near Owenton, King and Queen County, Virginia. It was constructed about 1870, used first as a Read the full article…
Mary Macon Pendleton Gatewood Boulware Returns to King and Queen County (November 2003)
Mary Macon Pendleton Gatewood Boulware, who lived in King and Queen County from 1788 to 1852, has returned, in portrait form at least, to King and Queen County after a long absence. Her portrait, painted before 1829, has been donated to the King and Queen County Historical Society and has been hung in the parlor Read the full article…
Log Schoolhouse I: King and Queen Moves Log Schoolhouse (November 2003)
Deputies and Troopers escorted the move of the top of the Eastern View Schoolhouse on Monday, November 24, from Eastern View Farm near Newtown to King and Queen Court House. The King and Queen County Historical Society is moving the 1870–1880s era log schoolhouse to be used in connection with the Courthouse Tavern Museum. The Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Talks and Demonstrations are highlights of Beautiful Sunday Afternoon, November 3rd (November 2002)
Caroline Jones of Canterbury asked what could be better on a bright, fall Sunday afternoon in King and Queen County: the leaves in full color, homemade doughnuts cooking over an open kettle, Sally Walker’s hot spiced cider and Latane Trice making a speech! She was referring to the activities last Sunday afternoon, November 3rd, where Read the full article…
King and Queen Museum Reprints Louise Gray’s A Patchwork Quilt (October 2002)
Louise Eubank Gray’s collection of vignettes, titled A Patchwork Quilt, Lifestyle in King and Queen County, Virginia, 1910-1920, has been reprinted by the King and Queen County Courthouse Tavern Museum. There will be a reception and book signing to honor Mrs. Gray at the Museum on Sunday, October 27, at 4 pm, immediately following the Read the full article…
King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Goes High-Tech. (February 2002)
The Courthouse Tavern Museum at King and Queen Courthouse in King and Queen County is home to a variety of old treasures, but recently a very modern, high-tech item was acquired. It is a new touch-screen technology, which enables visitors to take a video tour of the Museum. A viewer may preview the parts of Read the full article…
King and Queen Opens Courthouse Tavern Museum May 13. (May 2001)
The King and Queen Courthouse Tavern Museum, located at King and Queen Courthouse, VA, will open to the general public for the first time on Sunday, May 13, from 1 to 5 pm. The Museum, a joint enterprise of King and Queen County and the King and Queen County Historical Society, features an acclaimed exhibit Read the full article…