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1. Dora Highway at the Palisades in Pulaski, Virginia - A black and white photograph with the hand written note "Dora Hyway-Palisades-Pulaski, Va. Pulaski Studio" on the reverse. The photograph shows a country road with a sharply climbing rock wall on the right and a steep descending grade on the left. Two upright wooden barrels stand on the right side and a pile of gravel on the left. An attractive whitewashed wooden rail fence guards the embankment on the left. In the distance moves a horsedrawn buggy and possibly another horse drawn vehicle in front of it. This photograph appears on the website of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration "Along Lee Highway Gallery" with the caption "Leaving Pulaski, Virginia, Lee Highway skirts The Palisades along New River".

   1998.24.582

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. Engravings from Picturesque America

   Several pages from an incomplete copy of Picturesque America: Scenes of Virginia. Engravings include: Natural Bridge (a), Cumberland Gap (b, Great Falls (c), Purgatory Falls (d), Peaks of Otter (e), and Clifton Forge (f).

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Mary Draper Ingles, Pioneer Heroine - c. 1909

   Photocopy of a newspaper clipping on Mary Draper Ingles. The original location of the newspaper clipping is unknown. Published in The Times-Dispatch, of Richmond, Virginia, this article is an in depth history on the pioneer woman, Mary Draper Ingles, as well as the unveiling of a monument in her honor in Radford. Miss Mary Draper Ingles, daughter of Capt. Andrew Ingles, and great-great-grandaughter to the original Mary Draper Ingles, unveiled ...

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. O. Winston Link Museum opening in Roanoke special to local resident - January 7, 2004

   Newspaper article published in the Virginia Leader prior to the opening of the O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke. The article, written by an unnamed source, is based on material and photographs provided by John Kinney, Jr. or Narrows, a rail enthusiast who purchased sound recordings and photographs from Mr. Link as a young man.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Picturesque America, Part Fifteen

   Picturesque America: Scenes of Virginia. Sold only by Subscription, published by D. Appleton & Co. Appears to be a complete copy of Scenes of Virginia, with text and engravings of the Chickahomony, Natural Tunnel, several scenes along the New River, Anvill Cliff, Purgatory Falls, Peaks of Otter, Natural Towers, Jump Mountain, Goshen Pass, Clifton Forge, Rainbow Arch, Newport, Fort Adams. Blue cover to serial.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Southwest Corner - n.d.

   Newspaper clipping cut from the Roanoke Times written by Goodridge Wilson, Southwest Virginia historian and presbyterian minister. The article reminisces about Wilson's drive through New River, painting a picture of the landscape and history as he drives through Mouth of Wilson, Narrows, and other New River locations.

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. View on the Upper Jackson - July 1886

   View on the Upper Jackson, the Headwaters of the James, from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, Vol 22. Engraving of a man, his back turned from the view and baiting a fishing rod. He stands on a rocky riverbank, near two tall trees. The river has a small waterfall upriver, and is framed by mountains in the background.

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Where Cliffs Rise High on New River - September 27 1940

   Newspaper clipping with image of rocky cliffs above a winding railroad in foreground. A small blurb about the Eggleston spring area and Draper's Meadow, where Mary Draper Ingles was captured and taken hostage by the Shawnee Indians. She made her escape from Ohio, arriving near these cliffs and found by Adam Harman of Giles County.

   Record Type: Archive