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| Title | "The Big Spring" sign |
| Date | 1952 |
| Description | Image shows a wooden sign that is titled "The Big Spring". The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter picnic area, near milepost 86 and Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by Abbie Rowe in 1952. The sign reads: The Big Spring / Cherokee and Souian Indians quenched their thirst at the Big Spring. It provided a refreshing stop-over for the pioneer, the wagon freighters of the Revolution, and later the stage coach travelers. Today clear and cool as ever, it pours forth enough water to sustain a modern town of 2000. / National Park Service / U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Location |
Location Name: Big Spring (Va.) Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.442778
Longitude: -79.5975 |
| Creator Individual | Abbie Rowe |
| Tags |
Bedford County (Va.)
Interpretive development Peaks of Otter (Va.) Photographs Signs and signboards |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
