Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, there are bridges, arches, and walls built of native rock such as you can see in the first picture. While the stonemasons aren't identified, their work is beautiful and consistent along the Parkway.
The cabin in the second picture was the home of "Aunt" Orelena Hawks Puckett who began a life's work of delivering babies in 1890 when she was past 50. She lived to be 102 years old. She delivered over a thousand children. She was married at age 16 but none of her own 24 children survived infancy.
Notice the rail fence around her cabin. This type of fence is frequently seen along the Parkway.
Mabry Mill was a lumber mill, grist mill, and a carpentry shop which was built and operated by the Mabry family. The Park Service rebuilt it authentically many years after the Mabry's left the area. The mill is in a beautiful setting. It was so still when we visited, that the picture includes a wonderful mirror image of the mill. Included on the site are farm implements from many years ago, a still for making corn whiskey, and a sorghum mill for making molasses.
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