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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.
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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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| Virginia CountiesContains images from the Virginia Counties of the Upper New River Valley |
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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.
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heltongristmill.jpg706 viewsThis is a photo of the Grist Mill Building on Helton Creek. This photo by taken by Jeff Weaver in June 1978.
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General John Burgoyne224 viewsPortrait of General John Burgoyne (1723-1792) by Thomas Hudson
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pics 031.jpg299 viewsThis September 10, 2006 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (African-American).
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Wataugaacad.jpg281 viewsThis postcard was made very near the year 1900, and shows the Watauga Academy.
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unionstation1902.jpg418 viewsThis is a 1902 view of Union Station in Bristol, VA.
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blevinsjcrosa.jpg1132 viewsThey lived at Grassy Creek, and this photo was taken about 1940.
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Edgewater - Sulphur Springs Methodist Church293 viewsLocated on the east side of Virginia Route 16 betweem Volney and Mouth of Wilson, this church closed in 1955. The building is currently being used as a barn. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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Grayson County Places404 viewsMar 28, 2015
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John Jay463 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.442 viewsBenjamin Rush, M.D. (1745-1813) Life Engraving by Edwin, 1813Jan 06, 2014
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