by Andy Soergel A phone call in the spring of 2013 threw Rockbridge County Administrator Spencer Suter into a 12-month whirlwind. Jim Woltz, a real estate broker working with longtime Natural Bridge owner Angelo Puglisi, was on the other end of the line. “Jim called and said, ‘Hey, just a heads up,’” Suter said. “‘Natural Continue Reading →

By Andy Soergel At a site with as much history as 500-million-year-old Natural Bridge, it is practically guaranteed that anyone claiming to be the first to do something at the site simply has not done enough homework. History’s roots run deep into the bridge’s bedrock. Thomas Jefferson was not even the first future United States Continue Reading →

By Andy Soergel Natural Bridge’s rock walls and 215-foot-tall limestone arch stand resolutely after weathering 500 million years of change. It was revered by the Monacan Indians as the “Bridge of God,” before King George II claimed it as property of England in 1737. His grandson, King George III, sold it to Thomas Jefferson in Continue Reading →