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Title Fence on R-O-W line
Date May 1938
Description Image shows a valley, pasture, and possible farmhouse and farm buildings near the parkway. The road runs along the left side of the photograph, and the land slopes down to a valley below it on the right side. A wooden fence runs along the bottom of the valley, and an open pasture, farmhouse, and farm buildings appear in the right side of the image. Trees and rollings hills appear in the background beyond the farm buildings and the road. Image taken by Edward H. Abbuehl in May of 1938. Image taken somewhere between mileposts 165.4-174 in section 1S of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in the Rocky Knob Area in Patrick County and Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Rocky Knob (Va.)
Parkway Milepost: 168.2
Latitude: 36.819444
Longitude: -80.342222
Creator Individual Edward H. Abbuehl
Tags Farm buildings and land
Fences
Pastures
Photographs
Recreational areas
Rocky Knob (Va.)
Trees
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway