Historical Markers in Whitetop, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Whitetop, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — UE-10 — “Virginia Creeper” Railroad —

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

2 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — Christmas Tree Farms —

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

3 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — Old Growth Forest Remnants —

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

4 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — The Offset —

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

5 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — Trestle Construction —

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

6 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — UE-9 — White Top Folk Festival —

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

7 ► Virginia, Grayson County, Whitetop — Whitetop — Mt. Rogers — The Crooked Road — Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail —

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

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