Nelson Harris
Nelson Harris is a native and former mayor of Roanoke. A past president of the Historical Society of Western Virginia, he is producer, writer and host for the award-winning Eye on the Past with Nelson Harris on Blue Ridge PBS and a columnist for The Roanoker magazine. Harris is the author of fifteen books, including The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s , Hidden History of Roanoke , A History of Back Creek and Greater Raleigh Court .
Nelson Harris is a native and former mayor of Roanoke. A past president of the Historical Society of Western Virginia, he is producer, writer and host for the award-winning Eye on the Past with Nelson Harris on Blue Ridge PBS and a columnist for The Roanoker magazine. Harris is the author of fifteen books, including The Roanoke Valley in the 1940s , Hidden History of Roanoke , A History of Back Creek and Greater Raleigh Court . See less
