On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 239), on the left when traveling south.
All the materials Martin Brinegar needed for building a cabin were here on this farm—trees, rocks, even clay. Martin Brinegar began building this cabin in 1886. Working in his spare time, it took him three years to finish the original cabin . . . — — Map (db m162094) HM
Near Blue Ridge Parkway, 1.3 miles south of Airbellows Gap Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Brinegars stored much of the food they raised in this building. The upper level was the granary where they kept their dried corn and buckwheat and hung their herbs to dry. After they butchered their hogs, they cured the meat in salt and kept it . . . — — Map (db m162099) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 239), on the left when traveling south.
For nearly sixty years, Martin and Caroline Brinegar lived on this 125 acre farm leading lives based on hard work, self-sufficiency, and an abiding religious faith. Descendants of their three children often come here to visit the homeplace.
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On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 239), on the left when traveling south.
Caroline Brinegar had to plan ahead for many months to make a garment. She made her family's clothes from a fabric called linsey-woolsey that she wove on her loom. Linsey-woolsey is woven from wool yarn and linen (flax) thread. The wool made the . . . — — Map (db m162096) HM
Near Blue Ridge Parkway, 1.3 miles south of Airbellows Gap Road, on the left when traveling south.
Martin Brinegar made shoes for his family and neighbors. His nephew, Sherman, remembered many times seeing his uncle Martin "working by the light coming in through the window." Martin charged a dollar, more or less, for a pair of shoes. He could . . . — — Map (db m162100) HM
Near Blue Ridge Parkway, 1.3 miles south of Airbellows Gap Road, on the left when traveling south.
The cool mountain spring inside this building was both a source of refreshing water and a cooler for perishable foods. The Brinegars were known to say that the water was always "two degrees colder than the morning."
The Brinegars never had . . . — — Map (db m162101) HM
On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 239), on the left when traveling south.
The Brinegars were not famous or rich, but they were important to their families and neighbors. In 1876 Martin Brinegar purchased this 125 acre farm from Henderson Crouse, Caroline Joines' uncle, for $200. Two years later Martin and Caroline were . . . — — Map (db m162097) HM
