The national demand for commercial Christmas trees has brought a new look to the highest mountains of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Billion of dollars worth of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) plantations produce regular crops of Christmas trees . . . — — Map (db m72520) HM
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Coalfields region, southwest Virginia is blessed with historic and contemporary music venues, musicians, and fretted instrument makers. Historically isolated, the region retained its strong musical legacy by . . . — — Map (db m307971) HM
Just a few hundred feet west of this point is an odd corner in the state line between Tennessee and Virginia, part of an error in the state boundary line that extends a "point" of Tennessee into Virginia for a short distance. The original surveying . . . — — Map (db m211089) HM
Here you see something like the old growth forest that grew along all these upper slopes, some of the last old growth cut in eastern North America. The largest mature yellow poplar trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) and hemlock (Tsuga . . . — — Map (db m211208) HM
This is one of several trestle bridges along the Virginia Creeper Trail. The original railroad required over 100 bridges, mostly made of wood. When the railroad was being constructed in the period 1900 - 1912, these structures were more practical . . . — — Map (db m211082) HM
The Abingdon Branch of the Norfolk & Western
Railway was nicknamed the “Virginia Creeper,”
likely for the train’s slow speed through this
mountainous region. Initially chartered by the
Abingdon Coal & Iron Railroad in 1887, little construction . . . — — Map (db m65773) HM
The White Top Folk Festival was held annually
from 1931 to 1939, (except 1937) on Whitetop
Mountain—the second highest peak in Virginia.
Annabel Morris Buchanan, John Powell, and
John A. Blakemore organized the event that featured banjo . . . — — Map (db m65774) HM
Whitetop, Mt. Rogers. Visible at great distances, Whitetop Mountain was known as the “Meadow Mountain” in colonial times. With a climate similar to southern Canada, this beloved mountain is Virginia’s second highest peak and immediately . . . — — Map (db m71555) HM
