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[Note this article appeared in an 1874 issue of Harper's Montly Magazine]
There is no apology needed for beginning our review with farming implements. However disinclinded a citizen my be to blister his hands by chopping fire wood or mauling rails, he freely admits the respectability of the employment and its ancient fame. Admitting then, the precedence of the husbandman, we will first look at the principal agricultural tool--the plow.
This tool has never outgrown its resemblance to the forked limb which was first used as a hoe and then as a plow. With such tools as they could muster, men shaped the tough limbs and crotches of trees into implements. The forked piece (A) was trimed and became the hoe (B), a thong binding the handle and blade portions to prevent their splitting apart. We give pictures ) of two ancient Egyptian hoes now in the Berlin Musuem. A similiar one may be seen in the Abbott Musuem, New York. Two suitable sticks (D) were notched and lashed together. Two other resources of a people desititute of metal are shown (E, F), one, of the South Sea Islanders, the blade of a scapula, the other made of a walrus tooth on a handle. It is show (G, H, I) how men made plows from similar materials, one limb formed the share, the other the beam; or (as in I) one the beam and the other the handle and sole, with a point which forms the share.
14 files, last one added on Mar 14, 2013 Album viewed 11760 times
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The following photographs were provided by the Bookhouse, 805 N. Emerson St., Arlington, Virginia 22205. Phone 703-527-7797 Natalie Hughes, Proprietor. - Many thanks
Only four of these photos are identified. Most are 1/9th plate tin types, although a few are cart-de- visitie type (paper) photographs. One of the unidentified photos has a backmark stating that it was made by "Wilson & Welsh, Photographers, Summerfield, Grayson Co., Va."
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Grayson County and City of Galax, VA
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Photos of physical features from Grayson County, and the City of Galax, Virginia.
631 files, last one added on Mar 28, 2015 Album viewed 4302 times
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damascus1908.jpg336 viewsThis is a general view of Damascus, Virginia from a 1908 postcard.
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100_1610.jpg333 viewsPhoto April 19, 2006, by Jeff Weaver. This was also the Allison Gap School and the building was built in 1943.
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roberts3.jpg735 viewsPrimitive Baptist minister. Courtesy of Thom Houk.
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ffWeaver,GingerBallardRichBallard,ShirleyKurtzbackground.JPG455 viewsLeft to right, Jeff Weaver (background in yellow shirt), Pauline Davis talking with Rick Lindamood. April 7, 2006, photo by Carol Lindamood.
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wmrosafred.jpg668 viewsL-R: Wiley Monroe Baldwin (1869-1932), Effie Baldwin (1909-1985), Rosa Weaver Baldwin (1888-1927) holding Dora Lee Baldwin (1913-1978), Fred S. Baldwin (1906-1956), and Ray S. Baldwin (1911-1977). Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Grassy Creek - Corn Field378 viewsOnce common in Ashe and surrounding counties, agricultural land is surrendering to christmas trees and resort development. This example of a corn field was shot on Grassy Creek on July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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buchananhouse.jpg3254 viewsThis is the Buchanan House on Lyon's Gap Road between Chilhowie and Saltville. Photo taken October 10, 2004 by Jeff Weaver
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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle373 viewsA RAILROAD FROM ABINGDON, VA. LINKING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES WAS STARTED IN THE 1880s. BY 1918 IT RAN FROM ABINGDON TO ELKLAND, N. C. WHICH IS NOW CALLED TODD. DAMASCUS, TAYLOR'S VALLEY, GREEN COVE AND WHITE TOP WERE AMONG THE STOPS ON IT'S ROUTE. THERE WERE 100 TRESTLES AND BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE.
THE VIRGINIA CREEPER WAS STEAM POWERED AND HAULED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY N&W IN 1956 WITH A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. IT CONTINUED IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 31, 1977 WHEN THE LAST TRAIN RAN. THE ROADBED HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A VERY POPULAR HIKING-BIKING TRAIL. PICTURED IS THE TRESTLE AT THE HEADWATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE WHERE THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OFTHE HOLSTON RIVER MEET. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 192150 viewsEmily (William Washington Cornett's 2nd wife) came from Alton, KS a few years after William's death to stay the winter with her Son, John Winton Cornett and his sons in El Campo, TX. Here she is seen with William Delany Cornett and his girlfriend in front of the Galveston seawall, built after the 1900 storm that ravaged the town.Mar 14, 2022
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William WashingtonCornett visiting Grayson in 191252 viewsWilliam Washington Cornett, along with his daughter from his first marriage, Leona Mitchell Cornett (left), her daughter Bertha Nuckolls (right), and Bertha’s nephew (William’s great grandson) Glen Pless, taken in Grayson County 1912. William was living in Fairport, Kansas at the time. William had enlisted with the Confederate army and fought at the first battle of the war, at Manassas, aka Bull Run.Mar 14, 2022
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Grayson County Places468 viewsMar 28, 2015
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Bridle Creek School456 viewsDec 16, 2014
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John Jay512 viewsJohn Jay (1745-1829) First Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Life Engraving by Leney, 1814Jan 06, 2014
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Benjamin Rush, M.D.495 viewsBenjamin Rush, M.D. (1745-1813) Life Engraving by Edwin, 1813Jan 06, 2014
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