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Susan Yarborough brought us this great photo of a 1937 Ford Tudor Sedan stopped at the old Laurel Springs ESSO and Post Office. The building was located approximately where the current Laurel Springs, North Carolina, Post Office and Fire Station now stand.

To commemorate the holiday, let’s consider a different kind of a “Father”, this weekend.

Alleghany native, Robert L. Doughton could, arguably, be considered the “Father of the Blue Ridge Parkway.” After all, without his efforts in navigating the legislation through Congress, the whole project might never have been funded.

Isom and Phoebe Cheek Fender, Great-Grandparents of Tom King from Whitehead, married October 1st, 1867.

Saddlebags and surveying equipment, donated by Pratt Davis, from Letcher E. Edwards, who lived at Stratford, North Carolina.

Mr. Edwards served as Alleghany County Register of Deeds 1924-32 and 1942-45.

Letcher E. Edwards (1877-1975) married Hattie Joines Hendrix (1895-1989) at Twin Oaks, NC,
May 9, 1942. He is believed to be the only Alleghany Register to issue his own marriage license.

Mr. Edwards’ second wife was Pratt’s husband, Duane Davis’ Aunt Hattie (and he was her second husband). Duane was born in 1945 and spent summers with Hattie and Letcher.

The couple had no children of their own. Letcher taught Duane how to use the tools eventually he gave his nephew.

From Bobby Irwin’s family:

A (very cool!) photo of a group on an outing atop Stone Mountain at Roaring Gap, North Carolina, May 21, 1924.

Stone Mountain State Park was established in 1969 and it was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1975.