Online Articles by Henry H. Mitchell

A

• About Church
• About Etchings
• AConstantPresence.com
• Advancing Breakers and a Scalloped Shoreline
• An Abbreviated History of Pittsylvania County, by Maud Carter Clement (Editor's Introduction)
• Above the City's Gate: the Tunstall-Haymes House
• Adams, Redmont, family
• All in the Family: the Davis-Sours House
• All-you-can-eat Seafood Buffet
• American Foursquare Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Architect David Spicuzza Joins The Community Standard Staff
• Arrest-the-Judge Courthouse

B

• Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Photos of
• Beach Bunnies
• Beach Replenishment
• Beavers Tavern: The Beginnings of Blairs
• Belle Grove
  • Belle of the County
  • Thunder on the Tunstall Quarterpath
• Bennett, Col. Coleman D., Kitchen House
  • Photographs
  • Painting by Agnes Tune
• Bennett-McGrath-Smith House
• Berry Hill, Halifax County, Virginia: Photo Albums
  • Interior
  • Exterior
• Beyond the Natural and Outside Time
• Big Crab, Little Crab
• Bilharz, Hall & Company Weapons: Photographs
• Black Vultures and “Ancient Country Wisdom”
• Block Party: the Gammon-Edwards House
• Blowin' in the Wind
• Bluffton, South Carolina: Photos
• Boxwood Do Their Part in the Great Depression
• Boxwood Hill
• Briarwood: From Little Acorns Grow
• Bricks & Clicks: An Architectural Guide to Early Chatham
• Buford, Algernon Sidney, in Chatham, Virginia
• Bush, George H. W., Visits Danville, Virginia, June 12, 1988
• Byrd, Col. William E., II, of Virginia: Pittsylvania and Danville Connections
  • Byrd, Col. William's Observations 1728-33
  • Byrd and Bearskin Remembered
  • Highway Marker Commemorates Byrd, Bearskin, and Saponi Religious Beliefs

C

• Café Maspero: Charles Malachias' Sandwich Exchange, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Calabash, North Carolina: A Photo Album
• Impressionist View, An
• Canyons in the Sand
• Cape Cod Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Cate Square, Hammond, Louisiana
• Cedar Hill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
• Chapel by the Tree: Saint Mary's Chapel, Chatham Hall
• Charlottesville, Virginia: The Corner in Photos
• Chatham Baptist Church (1857)
• Chatham Critters
• Chatham Elementary School, ca. 1902
• Chatham Hall, Photos of
• Chatham High School Class of 1965: 2001 Reunion
• Chatham History Quiz
• Chatham's Classic: the Wier-Mauger House
• Chatham's Countyseat Giants Baseball Team, 1912
• Chatham's First Courthouse, Searching for
• Chatham's Oldest: Mansfield
• Chatham's Post Office
• Chatham's Streetcar Diners
  • Burnett's Diner (Garner's Streetcar Diner)
  • Fretwell's Diner
• Chatham Streets
• Chatham Wheels
• Cherry Grove Beach, South Carolina: A Photo Album
• Chester Station Canister Shot "Lands" in Society Museum Display
• Christiansburg, Virginia, Photos of
• Christmas Lamplighter in Chatham: Joe White
• Claude A. Swanson of Pittsylvania
• Clement Hill: Staunton River Sentinel
• Clement, Maud Carter
  • Maud Carter Clement: Pittsylvania Historian
  • Maud Carter Clement's Christmas Card
• Clerk's Office, 1813
  • Competition's Legacy: the 1813 Clerk's Office
  • Early Photographs of the 1813 Clerk's Office
• Climax, Virginia: How It Was Named
• Clover, Virginia, Wetland Project: Photo Album
• Coles Family of Pittsylvania County, The
  • Coles, Capt. Isaac: Pittsylvania's Own Mark Twain
  • Coles Family of Virginia, Dolley Madison and the
• Colonial Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Come to Your Senses in Chatham!
• Community Standard, The Magazine (TheCommunityStandard.com)
• Competition Alley, Chatham, Virginia
  • Charlie Hurt's Hometown Mark in Competition Alley
  • Commemoration of Competition Alley
• Competition, Virginia, The Town of
• Constant Presence, A (AConstantPresence.com)
• Cords, Our Extension (OurExtensionCords.com)
• Craftsman Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Crèche in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

D

• Dandylion the Delightful Kitty
• Danner, Jim and Kathryn: Missouri Hospitality on Toulouse Street, New Orleans
• Danville Critters
• Definition of Love
• DeFuniak Springs, Florida, Photos of
• Dividing Line Between Virginia and North Carolina: Col. William Byrd's Observations 1728-33
• DivineOutline.com
• D. Nick: Fireman, Family Man, Artists' Chairman in New Orleans
• Dooley, Capt. John, Documents Pittsylvania/Danville During Surrender Week 1865
• Dow, Lorenzo, in Pittsylvania County and Danville, Virginia
• Drewry and Whittle Histories Contributed
• Du Bignon Burial Ground, Jekyll Island, Georgia: Photos
• Dune Erosion
• Dutch Colonial Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia

E

• Easy to Miss: 7 Elusive Keys to Life's Passages (EasyToMiss.com)
• Eatonton, Georgia: A Photo Album
• Eufaula, Alabama: A Photo Album
• Echoes of the Revolution at Berry Hill
• Elementary, my dear: Watson!
• English Cottage Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Environmental Correspondence and Videos
• Etchings and New Orleans
• Etchings, About
• EverythingHangsOnThis.com
• Extension Cords, Our (OurExtensionCords.com)

F

• Fad Hatter's House: the Keatts Cottage
• Faith and Works: Another Look
• Faith Chapel, Jekyll Island, Georgia: Photos
• Federal Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Find a Fallen Star
• Find the Shark
• Fire at Danville's Long Mill, 5/8/08: Photos
• Fireside Chat(ham): the Martin-Tucker House
• Fog-shrouded Beachwalker at Midway Swash
• Founding Father Flattery: Whitecello
• … From Little Acorns Grow: Briarwood
• Furguson Papers at UNC Contain Chatham Greys Roll Book

G

• Genealogical Resources at the Pittsylvania County Library
• Genealogical Treasures at the Clerk's Office
• Georgetown, South Carolina: A Photo Album
• Goodyear Cottage, Jekyll Island, Georgia: Photos
• Gothic Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Governor Swanson's Retreat: Eldon
• Grace Church, Hammond, Louisiana
• Great Egret, Great Fisherman
• Greek Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Guay, Paul and Jacqueline: Glenn Turner Would Be Proud

H

• Halifax, Virginia: Photo Album
• Hangings in Pittsylvania County, The Last Five
• Happy in a World of … Hurts: the White-Hurt House
• Hardwick, Doug: Logos Bookstore
• Hargrave Military Academy, Photos of
• Hathaway, William T., Videos Featuring
• Healing in the Bible: Spiritual Medication for Physical Distress
• Hell-and-High-Water Hill: Oak Hall
• Helvey, John Crismond
• HenryHMitchell.com
• He-Wasn't-Crazy House: the Tunstall-Hargrave House
• HHMitchell.com
• Hibble, Wilson G., Paintings by
• Highway Markers in Pittsylvania County
  • Beavers Tavern
  • Berry Hill
  • Callands
  • Callands Clerk's Office
  • Claude A. Swanson
  • Clement Hill
  • John Weatherford's Grave
  • Markham
  • Peytonsburg
  • Pittsylvania County
  • Pittsylvania Court House
  • Rawley White Martin Residence
  • Samuel Harris Homesite
  • Saponi Religious Beliefs Explained
  • Whitmell P. Tunstall
  • Yates Tavern
• Hillsborough, North Carolina: Photos
• Hilton Head, South Carolina: Photos
• Historic Register Properties in Pittsylvania County
  • Berry Hill
  • 1813 Clerk's Office
  • Little Cherrystone
  • Philip Craft House
  • Pittsylvania Court House
  • Yates Tavern
• History and Mystery on the Banister River
• Homestead House Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• House of Laird
• House Plans for Post-Katrina Construction
• Hurt, Wymond, Remembers Carl Perkins
• Hyperactive Clamdigger

I

• Impressionist View, An
• Inchworm and the Ruler
• Ingleside, Chatham, Virginia: 2005 Photos
• Ingram, E. L., Family at the Sims House, 1918
• Is It Tourist Season Yet?
• Italian Style Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia

J

• Jackson, Rachel Donelson
  • Markers and Portrait Local Reminders
  • Markham Marker Index
    • Markham Marker
    • Rachel Jackson Marker Moved to Chatham Bypass
    • Markers Honor Rachel Donelson Jackson
  • Photograph of Birthplace Discovered
• Jekyll Island, Georgia: Photos
• Jewels in the Sea Foam
• Joys of the Off-season

K

• King, Napoleon: A Creative Edge

L

• Laird, House of
• Lamplighter, Chatham's Christmas: Joe White
• Last Five Hangings in Pittsylvania County, The
• Leafhopper Sheds Its Skin
• Leaning Giants
• Little Cherrystone, Pittsylvania County, Virginia: Photographs
• Loch Ness Monster in Midway Swash?
• Logue and Adkins Family at the Sims House, ca. 1951–1961
• Long Beach, Mississippi, Photos of
• Love, Definition of
• Lukens, Jessica: Lady Adventurer

M

• Madison, Dolley, and the Coles Family of Virginia
• Mallards on the March
• Mansfield
• Chatham's Oldest
• Markers and Portrait Local Reminders of Rachel Donelson Jackson
• Marshes of Glynn, Brunswick, Georgia: Photos
• Marshmellow the Magnificent Kitty
• Martin, Lt. Col. Rawley W.: Bust
• Martin, Lt. Col. Rawley W.: Monument
• Martin, Lt. Col. Rawley W.: Uniform
• Masonic Lodge Hall in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Masterpiece Sunsets
• McClellan Saddles at Shelton Saddlery
• Midway Swash: Buckled and Bent
• Millicent Mallard
• Mirror, Mirror, on the Beach
• Miss Muffet's Companion?
• Mistletoe Cottage, Jekyll Island, Georgia
• Mitchell, J. T. W. "Trubie" (1904-2001)
  • Remembering J. T. W. Mitchell
  • Trubie Mitchell's 1954 Chryslers
  • Trubie Mitchell's Pace Car
  • Mitchell Mustang Mystery, The
• Mitchell, Mary Elizabeth Helvey, Artist
  • Oil Paintings
  • Watercolors
  • Pastels and Charcoals
  • Acrylic Paintings
• Mitchell, Timothy Elijah
• Moon Tracks on the Sands
• Moose Trickle
• Morgan County (Georgia) Courthouse
• Move-the-Road Manor: the Oaks
• Mustang Mystery, The Mitchell
• Myrtle Beach Market Common: A Photo Album
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: A Photo Album
• Mysterious Visitor
• Mystery of Marriage, The (MysteryOfMarriage.com)

N

• Native Americans of Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  • Rediscovering Pittsylvania's "Missing" Native Americans
  • Saponi Historical Marker
  • Visual Reminders of Pittsylvania County's Native Americans
  • Rock That Turned the Tide, The
• Neoclassical Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Neo-colonial Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• New Orleans, Etchings and
  • Buggy Bookkeeping
  • Creole Retreat
  • General Jackson's Paradise
  • Quarter Business
• Nick, D.: Fireman, Family Man, Artists' Chairman
• Notes for Researchers of Pittsylvania County Genealogy
• Not Just Any Old Anoles: These Are Beach Dwellers!
• Now You See It, Now You Don't: Blue Crab

O

• Oak Hall's Dependencies
• Oakland
• Octopus on the Beach
• Official Left-Right Kissing Poll, The
• Oh, Oh, Oh, Merry Christmas!
• One Good Tern Deserves Another (or Two)
• Onslaught at Springmaid Pier
• OurExtensionCords.com
• Overbeys of Chatham, Virginia

P

• Page's Mill, Lake View, South Carolina, Photos of
• Paw-Paw's Scroll
• Pelican Patrol
• “Penguins&38221; at Christmas in Myrtle Beach
• Pictures from Chatham's Past:
  • 1900's
  • 1910's
  • 1920's
  • 1930's
  • 1940's
  • 1950's
  • 1960's
  • 1970's
• Pittsylvania County Before the Civil War
• Pittsylvania County Bicentennial, 1967, Remembering
• Pittsylvania County Public Library: Genealogical Resources
• Pittsylvania Historian: Maud Carter Clement
• Pittsylvania Historical Society, A History of the
• Pittsylvania to California: A Short Walk?
• Pittsylvanians Play Key Roles In Three Great Battles
• Plains, Georgia: A Photo Album
• Portrait of Rachel Donelson Jackson
• Presence, A Constant (AConstantPresence.com)
• Princess Anne Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Prisoner's Dilemma, A

Q

• Queen Anne Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia

R

• Ranch Style Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Randleman, North Carolina, Photos of
• Rediscovering Pittsylvania's "Missing" Native Americans
• Reflections in Sky and Sand?
• Reminders of Early Chatham
• Republican 2008 Presidential Poll
• Roanoke Island's Lost Colony: A Note
• Rock That Turned the Tide, The
• Roll Over
• Romanesque Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia

S

• Saint Martinville, Louisiana: A Photo Album
• Saint Simons Island, Georgia: Photo Albums
• Sand Volcanoes
• Sandy Claus at Myrtle Beach State Park
• Santa on the Myrtle Beach Fire Truck 2007
• Santa on the Myrtle Beach Fire Truck 2012
• Santa on the Myrtle Beach Fire Truck 2013
• Saponi Historical Marker
  • Saponi Religious Beliefs Explained
  • Col. William Byrd's Observations 1728-33
  • Byrd and Bearskin Remembered
• Sassyfras the Stellar Kitty
• Scott Funeral Home's Vintage Hearse
• Sea Doggie Biscuit?
• Sea Fog
• Seagulls and Their Stockings
• Seagrove, North Carolina, Photos of
• Searching for Chatham's First Courthouse
• Shadowy Harem: Boat-tailed Grackles
• Shanaberger Homes
• Shelton, Ricky Van, at Gretna High School, 1970
• Sims, James Whittle (1866-1961)
• Sims, John Hampton (c. 1870-1935)
• Sims, John Hampton, Jr., Lt. Col, CSA (1833-1964)
• Sims, John Hampton, Sr. (1806-1963)
• Sims, Matoaka Whittle (1844-1901)
• Sims, Robert Gill (1838-1886)
• Sims, William Edward (1842-1891)
• William E. Sims at Yale
• Summary of Official (Confederate) Military Records of William E. Sims
• Sims-Mitchell House
  • Wild Willie's Victorian Villa
  • Sims-Mitchell House 1901-1975: After the Sims Family
  • Warren Training School Graffiti, 1908-1909
  • E. L. Ingram Family at the Sims House, 1918
  • At the Sims House with the Logue and Adkins Family, ca. 1951–1961
  • Sims-Mitchell House Restoration 1975–Present
  • The Rock That Turned the Tide
• Southern Toad Along a Southern Road
• Spreading the Fire
• Spring Garden, Sweeting's Fork, and George Washington
• Staunton River Bridge Battlefield: Photo Albums
  • Present-Day Bridge
  • North Bank
  • South Bank
  • Confederate Soldier Interpreter
• Sunset Beach, North Carolina: A Photo Album
• Sunset Salute at Seagate Village
• Sunset Steam Fog Along Seagate Swash
• Surf Suds
• Sutton, Popcorn: Comments on Local Moonshine Tradition
• Swan Crossing
• Swanson, Claude A.
  • Biographical Sketch
  • Virginia Historical Marker: Claude A. Swanson

T

• Thai, the Siamese Cat: Pick of the Litter
• Three-part Heart? (ThreePartHeart.com)
• Tightsqueeze, Virginia
  • More Tales of Tightsqueeze
  • Thunder on the Tunstall Quarterpath
• To Fill a Mockingbird
• Tour of Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Tredway, Page, Comments on the 1857 Chatham Baptist Church
• Troll Under the Bridge, A?
• Tunstall-Hargrave House: He-Wasn't-Crazy
• Tunstall-Haymes House: Above the City's Gate
• Two Bilharz, Hall & Company Carbines Bring $80,000

U

• Union Depot, Hammond, Louisiana
• Union Prisoner's Memoir Recalls Rail Ride To Danville
• University of Virginia: Photos

V

• Viccellio, Asa, and His Early Automobile
• Viccellio Brothers and White, ca. 1920's
• Vintage Veranda: the Bolanz-Howerton House
• Virginia Colonial Revival Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Virginia Colonial Vernacular Architecture in Historic Chatham, Virginia
• Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Class of 1969
• Visitor with Pull, A

W

• War Dead of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Introduction To
• Warren Training School Graffiti, 1908-1909
• Weatherford, John: Remembered as Unstoppable Dissenting Preacher
• We Met Ghosts; We Prefer Angels
• Whispers of the 1700's in Central Pittsylvania County
• Whitecello: Founding Father Flattery
• Whitehead, John Richard and Sallie Hunt Graves
  • Whitehead, John Richard (1844-1902)
  • Whitehead, Sallie Hunt Graves (1846-1911)
  • Family Reunion, 1909
  • Family Reunion, 1984
  • Whitehead-Laird House
• White, Joe: Chatham's Christmas Lamplighter
• Whittle and Drewry Histories Contributed
• Whittle, Bishop Francis McNeece (1823-1902)
  • Letters of Robert E. Lee Mentioning Bishop Francis Whittle
• Whittle, James Murray (1806-1891)
  • The Columns: James Whittle's First Home
  • Eldon: James Whittle's Second Home
• Whittle, Lt. Col. Powhatan Bolling, C. S. A.
  • A Confederate Officer's Request: Letter from Powhatan B. Whittle to James M. Whittle
• Whittle, Capt. William Conway, C. S. N. (1805-1878)
• Who Is Jesus?
  • Details Written Long Before
  • First Sermons and Teachings
  • Descriptive Names
• Wild Willie's Victorian Villa: the Sims-Mitchell House
• Willet Work
• Wimpy's, 1965
• Womack, James, and Shelton Saddlery

Y

• Yokum, Peter: French Quarter Artist
• Yucca Buddies: Green Tree Frogs

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