The Narrows Branch Article

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Alex,

Thanks,

Gordon

On 7/11/2023 6:49 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:
>
> Gordon,
>
> I would assume it was the Virginia Hardwood Lumber company since they 
> donated the land for Camp Roland. Their camp in 1934 was between 
> Highway 21 and Camp Roland. See page 21.
>
> Alex
>
> *From:*NW-Mailing-List [mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces at nwhs.org] *On 
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> *Sent:* Monday, July 10, 2023 4:12 PM
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> *Subject:* The Narrows Branch Article
>
> The last installment of Alex Schust' exhaustive three-part article on 
> the N&W Narrows branch in the current  issue of "The Arrow"  mentions 
> narrow-gauge railroads, tram roads and Bland County's Boy Scout Camp 
> Roland.  I attended Camp Roland as a scout in about 1946, and a hike 
> that we took was generally up grade on what had obviously been a 
> railroad or tram road roadbed as evidenced occasional railroad 
> crossties embedded in the ground on our hiking path.  I recall that we 
> hiked up to a fire tower (and a rock pile with rattlesnakes), but I do 
> not recall whether we were on the former roadbed the entire distance.
>
> Does anyone (including Alex, of course) have any information on this 
> railroad or tram road that operated on the roadbed where we hiked that 
> day?
>
> Camp Roland's GPS coordinates from a website are:
>
> Latitude, Longitude:
> 37.1784512°, -81.1889843°
> Open in Google Maps 
> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.1784512%2C-81.1889843>
>
> Gordon Hamilton
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