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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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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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pics 081.jpg325 viewsWitten's Fort is located adjacent to the Crab Orchard Museum west of Tazewell, VA. Photo September 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Razorback Ridge325 viewsThis photo October 22, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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BREAKINGGROUNDFORNEWFIREHALL001.jpg805 viewsMAYOR BILL TOTTEN BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW FIREHALL
MAYOR BILL TOTTEN IS SHOWN BREAKING GROUND FOR THE NEW FIREHALL BEHIND THE TOWN HALL IN EARLY NOVEMBER OF 1966.
L-R BEHIND THE MAYOR IS JACK BARBROW, MILTON SMITH, DONALD ROBERTS, BOLEN HENDERSON, RONNIE CAHILL, HARLAN PERRY, AND JOHN HENRY SHORTT
SALTVILLE PROGRESS PICTURE Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Unidentified275 views
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100_1410.jpg373 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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1964worthycoaches.jpg670 views1964 R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF
KNEELING - FROM LEFT- HARRY JOHNSON, HEAD COACH AND NELSON ROSS; STANDING - FROM LEFT- DALLAS BROWN AND JIM WRIGHT. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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pics 185~0.jpg280 viewsPhoto July 4, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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McClure, Lydia865 viewsThe two ladies are somewhat ID'd as Ed's sister... (Lydia McClure) Aunt Lydia born 11 May 1880 to 26 Feb 1964 and one of her sisters... either Mary Ann or Mahala McClure. Courtesy of Tonja and Steve Seivwright seivwright@zoominternet.net
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Emily Frances (Scott) Cornett visiting Galveston, TX - 1921154 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 1912135 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 Places529 viewsMar 28, 2015
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Bridle Creek School526 viewsDec 16, 2014
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John Jay577 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.550 viewsBenjamin Rush, M.D. (1745-1813) Life Engraving by Edwin, 1813Jan 06, 2014
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