Smooth Traveler: Central Virginia, Lynchburg (Part One)
November 15, 2019
By Renée S. Gordon Contrary to what some might believe, Lynchburg was named after John Lynch, who took over the family’s James River ferry service in 1757. In 1786, 45 acres of John Lynch’s land was used to found the town that was chartered 29 years later. The location of the ferry service was memorialized…