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Title Living History Spinning yarn
Date August 1976
Description Image of cow standing in front of a log cabin at the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm area near milepost 5.8, section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. On the log cabin's porch, a living history reenactor demonstrates spinning yarn. Three people can be seen looking at the cow, and in the background two people are looking at the chickenhouse. Taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by Robert G. Bruce in August of 1976.
Location Location Name: Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm
Parkway Milepost: 5.8
Latitude: 37.970833
Longitude: -78.898333
Creator Individual Robert G. Bruce
Tags Arts and crafts
Farm buildings and land
Humpback Rocks (Va.)
Livestock
Nelson County (Va.)
People
Photographs
Tourism
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway