Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Image
| Title | Rakes Mill Pond sign |
| Date | March 1947 |
| Description | Image of an informative sign about Rakes Mill Pond near milepost 162.4, section 1R of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Sign reads "Rakes Mill Pond/The stone facing of the nearby Mill Dam/was built early in the 19th century by/one Jarman Rakes, miller. His operation/was notable for a scheme of advertising/that would credit a much later day./Rakes we are told allowed his customers/the sole privilege of fishing for brook/trout in his pond while they waiting for/their grist/United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service." Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. Photographed by A.S. Burns in March of 1947. |
| Location |
Location Name: Rakes Mill Pond Parkway Milepost: 162.4 |
| Creator Individual | A.S. Burns |
| Tags |
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs Rakes Mill Pond (Va.) Signs and signboards |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
