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Bicentennial Parade Float In
front of the Bedford county Court House August 14, 1954.
Contributed by Dori |
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Big Spring The headwater of the
Otter River via Stoney Creek. It also fed the original Bedford Reservoir.
Photographed about 1905. Contributed by Thomas A. Markham |
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Bold Branch Baptist Church
Contributed by Dori |
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The old Burnette house in
Huddleston. It is between railroad tracks and Goose Creek. It is very overgrown as is the
adjacent cemetery. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to get there other than walking. It is in the
middle of the
woods.
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone You can just
make out the "ette" in Burnette, in this otherwise illegible picture
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnett Tombstone Sarah Burnett,
wife of James Burnette, Sr.
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone James C. (or
O.) Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone another James
C. (or O.) Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone M.A. Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Emma E.
Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Stone in
middle of Cemetery
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Sina
(illegible) Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Guy H.
Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Matilda
Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Burnette Tombstone Rufus S.
Burnette
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Canal Lock This restored lock is at
the Blue Ridge Parkway exhibit along Rt. 501 and the Parkway on the Bedford County side of
the river. Free admission.
Photographed Oct 2003 and Contributed by Gill Pollard |
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Clarke Tombstone W.C. Clarke, CSA
veteran, located in little cemetery on Abert Rd, just outside of Lynchburg.
Photographed and Contributed by Gil Allison |
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D-Day Memorial The part with a
statue of a soldier exiting a landing craft with bullet spray
Photographed Sept. 2001 and Contributed by Gill Pollard |
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Durham House The cemetery is on
the hill above the house, and this view was taken from the cemetery. The house has been
vandalized on the inside. It was owned by Laban Durham, whose daughter Betty married Montezuma
Newman.
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Mattox Tombstone Other D.
Mattox. I do not know what relationship the Mattox's were to the Burnette's but they
are in the same cemetery.
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Mattox Tombstone Harry A. Mattox
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Elias Newman Cemetery General
view. It is in the Huddleston area. Turn on school crossing road off of Rte43 (Leesville Road)
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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Elias Newman Tombstone Close-up
of burial site shown in previous photo
Photographed and Contributed by Lisa |
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lake at Peaks of Otter This site is
on the Blue Ridge Parkway and there is a hotel overlooking the lake.
Photographed 1998 and Contributed by Gill Pollard |
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Peaks of Otter A View from the Top
Photographed and Contributed by Garry Brandt |
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Poplar Forest Thomas Jefferson's
"Other House" near the village of Forest, which gets its name from the house's.
Photographed and Contributed by Kay Hover |
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Poplar Forest View of the back of
the house.
Photographed and Contributed by Kay Hoover |
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black school c.1915, class photo
Contributed by Dori |
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Snowden Dam at the Snowden power
plant from the Bedford county side of the James River. This was originally part of the
canal system and old stone work can be seen in places.
Photographed Aug 2003 and Contributed by Gill Pollard |