1907 - Abingdon

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> Roanoke Times - June 16, 1907

>

>   The Larweo Railway and the Douglas Logging Road are each badly torn up

> with several bridges entirely gone.



>   Note sure of the spelling of the "Larweo Railway" The last two letter

> later are hard to determine from the newsprint. Could be Larwee or Larwea?

>

> - Ron Davis, Roger Link


Ron/Roger,

That would be the Laurel Railway, which crossed the V-C several times at 
Damascus and Laureldale. Timetables refer to "old Douglas Mill", at 
Damascus, which may have had its own logging road(?).

Jeff Sanders