Written on back: "Mountain people grew all the grain they used on the farm. On every creek there was a water powered grist mill where they got their corn, wheat, and buckwheat ground into flour. Here is the snow-covered water race of a grist mill in…
Douglas Martin, Ed.D. is Director Emeritus in the
Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. This
nearly hour-long interview contains his first-hand account
of several impactful people and events that shaped Tech in
the last half century.…
Caption on reverse:
DRAPER'S MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA
To the South and West lies Draper's Valley, named for John Draper, who settled here in 1765. He moved hence from Draper's Meadows (Blacksburg) where his wife was captured by the Indians in the…
Pencil aerial view drawing of the Blacksburg, VA water authority system. Silhottes of Bison, Deer, military men, and Native american men on horses cover the illustration