Basic City? Where was Basic City? What happened to it? These are just a few questions about the city across the South River from Waynesboro. In the 19 th century, Waynesboro was a thriving city of ...

Basic City Luncheonette has been a food staple in Waynesboro since 1997, serving warm, home-cooked meals and filling desserts. The rustic restaurant fills up on a daily basis with a mix of young ...

Once there was a town here, Basic City. Platted in 1890, it quickly outgrew its older, conservative neighbor, Waynesboro, until the two merged in 1924. That was the end of Basic, a flash in the pan.

When President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge stepped off the train at the Basic City C&O railroad station in November 1928 to eat Thanksgiving dinner at nearby Swannanoa, they were serenaded by a group of ...

Have you ever noticed the streets in forgotten places are often wide, and there's no traffic? That's North Commerce Avenue on any given day. It looks empty. Nothing stirs. Then your eyes begin to ...