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Vintage Views of Natural Bridge
Backcountry Notes ^
| April 10, 2010
| Jay Henderson
Posted on 04/10/2010 6:01:52 AM PDT by jay1949
As isolated as the Virginia Backcountry was from the coastal colonies, travelers were eager to tour and enjoy the wild country. Among the early tourists was Thomas Jefferson, who trekked across Rockfish Gap in August of 1767 and found himself entranced by the Natural Bridge. [Eight 19th-century paintings and engravings of Natural Bridge]
(Excerpt) Read more at backcountrynotes.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History
KEYWORDS: backcountry; godsgravesglyphs; naturalbridge; shenandoah; virginia
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:01:53 AM PDT
by
jay1949
To: jay1949
I’ve been there many years ago. It’s beautiful.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:06:40 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: jay1949
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:06:46 AM PDT
by
behzinlea
To: jay1949
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:11:45 AM PDT
by
steelyourfaith
(Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)
To: jay1949
At one point it had to have been a natural dam. Pretty amazing. Is it still there? I have never heard about it.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:16:00 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(I hate B(ig) H(ead) Obama)
To: jay1949
Is it surrounded by roads and houses now or is it still the beautiful pristine landscape like these pictures?
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:20:42 AM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: jay1949
I am still trying to figure out who owns it.
I know Thomas Jefferson once did.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:33:21 AM PDT
by
FoxPro
(I love bacon.)
To: jay1949
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:33:38 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: jay1949
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:35:35 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: jay1949
Visited it in 1961. The two things that stick in my mind were the evening recorded concert with light show and the segregated restrooms and water fountains in the visitor’s center.
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posted on
04/10/2010 6:58:03 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: ETL
To: Roccus
Oh yeah...and the “G W” carved into the wall opposite the walkway.
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:00:58 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(......and then there were none.)
To: Beowulf9; raybbr; FoxPro; Larry Lucido
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:14:45 AM PDT
by
jay1949
(Work is the curse of the blogging class)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:22:09 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(BACON!!)
To: cva66snipe
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:42:46 AM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: jay1949
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:44:00 AM PDT
by
Nateman
(If liberals aren't screaming you're doing it wrong.)
To: ETL
What a beautiful painting!
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:45:25 AM PDT
by
ThomasSawyer
(Democratic Underground: Proof that anyone can figure out how to use a computer.)
To: raybbr
I have heard of it but for some reason I thought it was in the west, maybe Colorado.
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posted on
04/10/2010 7:49:10 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: Roccus
We`ve been there ,but its been several years ago,beautiful
place,
I was thinking it was TJ`s initials from where Jefferson surveyed the area
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posted on
04/10/2010 8:00:11 AM PDT
by
Harold Shea
(RVN `70 - `71)
To: ThomasSawyer
"What a beautiful painting!" As a huge fan of 19th Century American art, I'd invite you to explore more of Church's work...some of his paintings have a virtually photographic quality...
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posted on
04/10/2010 8:04:03 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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