Botetourt County once stretched to the Mississippi. The Google deal opens the way for a new museum to tell that story.

Botetourt County once stretched to the Mississippi. The Google deal opens the way for a new museum to tell that story.

When Malfourd “Bo” Trumbo was a circuit court judge in Botetourt County, he would often walk through the courtroom at the end of the day and find someone sitting there. The person varied from day to day, but the story was always the same. “I’d say, ‘Can I help you?’ and they’d say, ‘My spouse is in the clerk’s office doing genealogy work and I had nothing better to do.’” Trumbo, being a gregarious sort as befits a former state legislator, jokes:…