Category Archives: Franklin County VA
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Old Timey Cabin
Posted on August 31, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, claborne house bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, moonshine capital of the world, Wettest County in the WorldI saw this old cabin here in Franklin County and just had to take a photo…this is actually NEAR where they film the Discovery Channel Channel show “MOONSHINERS” Shhh, I can’t tell you the exact location… Dad likes to hunt wild turkey out in this part of the county Notice the chinking is the red [...]
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Franklin County Virginia is Lawless!
Posted on August 22, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Bondurant brothers, claborne house bed and breakfast, forrest bondurant, franklin county moonshine, Franklin County VA, LAWLESS, lawless the movieThe Movie about our Franklin County Moonshining Bondurant Brothers “LAWLESS” starring Shia LeBeouf, Guy Pearce, Tom Hardy, Jason Clark and more will be released August 29th, 2012! LAWLESS is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic outlaw tale, [...]
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The Great Moonshine Conspiracy
Posted on July 24, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, franklin county moonshine, Franklin County VA, Moonshine Capital, Wettest County in the WorldEver wonder why our Franklin County Virginia was called “The Wettest County in the World?” by Sherwood Anderson? Check out this website with podcast to learn more about the liquid heritage found in these Blue Ridge Mountains! Hosea Thomas’ still site on Shooting Creek, Franklin County, VA, 1915. (Courtesy Blue Ridge Institute & Museum of [...]
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Lawless starring Shia LeBeouf
Posted on July 18, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, claborne house bed and breakfast, franklin county moonshine, Franklin County VA, lawless the movie, Matt Bondurant, Rocky Mount VATHE COUNTDOWN IS ON! The movie “Lawless” about our Franklin County Moonshiners based on the book “Wettest County in the World” by Matt Bondurant will be premiering at the end of August! Based on the true story of Matt’s grandfather who was a moonshiner in Franklin County (right here) VA An action packed scene from [...]
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NOW THAT’S A LOT OF COLESLAW Y’ALL!
Posted on July 16, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Claiborne House Bed Breakfast, Franklin County VA, Mountain living, Rocky Mount VACabbage Patch Kings Staff Photo by Steven Marsh at The Franklin News Post The Franklin News Post reports: Monday, July 16, 2012 Mike Dillon (left) of Wirtz and Charles Yopp (right) of Rocky Mount will be eating lots of cole slaw over the next several weeks after harvesting these two 20-plus pound cabbages from Yopp’s [...]
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We Have Power!
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VAAfter a loss of electricity and having to turn guests away we now have been restored! We had to empty the fridge and freezer into coolers with ice and suffer the heat of the night here (that was the worst part). We are thankful for the guests who had reservations who were understanding, like Mr [...]
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Outside at The Claiborne House today
Posted on June 9, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Bed and Breakfast Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, claborne house bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VirginiaToday was national GET OUTSIDE day, so amongst other chores today I took these photos of outside at The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast. I normally resize these to 640xpixels wide, but I am loading them larger so you can click on them and innjoy a bigger photo. Go ahead, click on them and make [...]
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Day lilies here today…gone tomorrow
Posted on May 27, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Bed and Breakfast Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VA, romantic getaway in virginia, smith mountain lake lodgingOur Day Lilies are Bloomin’ at The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast! We have them near and behind the pond, all along the back path and fence and wherever they feel like sprouting, they do just that! Day Lilies out front at The Claiborne House B&B Ready for my close up! This is why I [...]
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We salute you!
Posted on May 25, 2012 by Shellie Leete in blue ridge mountains of virginia, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, downtown roanoke, Franklin County VA, Smith Mountain LakeThank you to all who have served, are serving, and who gave all to give us freedom to get together, eat ribs and corn on the cobb, and say grace on yet another memorial weekend! We salute you! ~GOD BLESS AMERICA~The Claiborne House B&B
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Welcome to Appalachia – Make Y’self ta Home!
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Shellie Leete in blue ridge parkway. biking blue ridge. claiborne house bed breakfast, flat footin, Floyd Country Store, Franklin County VA, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailBLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN CULTURE Footlights of the Blue Ridge Heritage Music Program in Rocky Mount, VA At The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast I blog, post, and tell guests about the different happenings around our Franklin County and nearby Floyd where they can enjoy some real mountain culture. There are wing-dings every night of the [...]
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