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| Title | Interpretive Sign at Wildcat Rocks |
| Date | March 1946 |
| Description | "Homestead" sign at Wildcat Rocks off of milepost 238.6, section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by A.S. Burns in March 1946. Sign reads "In the hollow below is the log dwelling in which a hardy pioneer, Harrison Caudill and wife Jossie, raised a family of 16. Their clearing, still traceable, provided corn, potatoes, and other needs and the forest wild game for the table. The way to Absher, the nearest hamlet, is half by foot trail, half by the Absher Road." |
| Location |
Location Name: Doughton Park Parkway Milepost: 241.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425 |
| Creator Individual | A.S. Burns |
| Tags |
Alleghany County (N.C.)
Caudill cabin (N.C.) Doughton Park (N.C.) Photographs Signs and signboards United States Department of the Interior |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
