Maury River, Rockbridge County, Virginia copy print photos, 1900/1930

Containers:

Box 9, Folder 28

Scope and content:

The photos in this folder are as follows:

A copy print photo of the circa 1900 drawing of Jordan's Point at East Lexington, Virigina, by artist Herbert Welsh. The original drawing was presented to the Rockbridge Historical Society in 1976 by Mary Unity Dillon and her sister, Susan Pendleton Dillon. The drawing shows House Mountain and the buildings and covered bridge at Jordan's Point. Included is correspondence with Mary Unity Dillon and Allen Moger, president of the Rockbridge Historical Society. Also included is a description of the drawing and information on the Dillon family. This copy print of the drawing was made by Andre Studio, Lexington, Virginia in 1982.

A scene of the Maury River showing high cliffs, circa 1930.

A dam on the Maury River, which may have powered Furr's Mill, near East Lexington, Virginia, circa 1930.

Biographical / historical:

Jordan's Point at East Lexington, Virginia, located at the confluence of the Maury River, formerly the North River, and Woods Creek, just north of downtown Lexington, Virginia, served as the town's primary industrial and transportation gateway throughout the 18th and 19th centuries.

Lover's Leap is an officially designated cliff and topographic feature is situated approximately 2.4 miles northeast of East Lexington, Virginia.

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