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Title "Coiner's Dead'nin'" sign
Date October 1950
Description Image shows a wooden sign titled "Coiner's Dead 'nin'", which is located near Humpback Gap, near milepost 6 and the end of Section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The image was taken by Edward H. Abbuehl in October, 1950. The sign reads:

"The field across the Parkway, known as "Coiner's Dead'nin'" was cleared by methods commonly used in Pioneer days. Traveling afoot, laden with belongings, settlers arrived at their wilderness homesites with meager provisions. In order to sow their first crop quickly they girdled, or "deaded" the trees, planting corn to grow among the leafless dying trunks. The trees were later felled and burned in great piles. / United States Department of the Interior / National Park Service"
Location Location Name: Milepost 6
Parkway Milepost: 6.0
Latitude: 37.969256
Longitude: -78.897822
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Augusta County (Va.)
Interpretive development
Photographs
Scenic overlooks
Signs and signboards
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway