Growing Turnips along the N&W

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A great promotion for Southwest Virginia agriculture and turnip provider 
Abram Burnett!

Gordon Hamilton

On 4/1/2020 9:25 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
> As we all face new challenges with the current world situation, in the 
> spirit of the day we wanted to share with everyone the following 
> drawing which one of our volunteers recently uncovered at the NWHS 
> Archives.
> https://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2020/20200401.HS-AF4120.jpg
>
> While at first glance it appears to be a fairly routine drawing 
> showing a plot of land to be leased by the railway, a closer 
> examination of this drawing dated April 1, 1905 reveals that the 
> curiously named lessor intended to farm turnips in the center of the 
> wye at Walton.
>
> Of course this drawing raises more questions than it answers.  Were 
> the turnips for local consumption, or were they shipped out on the N&W 
> to faraway and exotic locations like Washington DC, New York City or 
> Milnes, VA?  Or were they further processed at the mill across the 
> tracks shown on the drawing, perhaps into the key ingredient 
> necessary for making turnip pancakes, a little-known local delicacy?
>
> It also shows the location of an early signal tower located on the 
> outside of the wye, not the later location of BH tower on the inside 
> of the wye.
> For the full \NWHS Archives database entry, see
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=196022
>
> Happy first day of April,
> The NWHS Archives Team.
>
>
>
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