RADFORD — Southwest Virginia gets limited respect in Civil War history circles, but a recently-discovered cache of letters tied to the Glencoe Mansion Museum may change that.

Radford Mayor David Horton wanted to do something special for Black History Month, so he got in touch with his community in the fastest way he could, through Facebook.

Visitors and volunteers at Radford's Ingles Ferry take part in the site's history for different reasons but agree that it's a gem for the area. "We hope they take away a lot of knowledge of a lot ...