By Janey Fugate For more than two centuries, Natural Bridge has permeated the nation’s collective memory and remained a symbol of its natural and cultural heritage. And long before the birth of the nation, the bridge was part of a local Monacan Indian legend. They tell of the Creator forming the bridge before a band Continue Reading →

By Janey Fugate Natural Bridge has been a national historic landmark ever since 1997.  But the federal government has been much slower to accept the local Monacan Indian tribe’s cultural claim to the bridge. Tom Clarke, the new owner of the 1500-acre Natural Bridge property, has already reached out to the tribe, asking it to Continue Reading →