Growing Turnips along the N&W

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Actually the real drawing in the database is HS-C02668 and is dated
4/10/1905. A.A. Grubb is the listed lessee for the parcel of land in the
wye.
https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=196022


The April 1 "doctored" drawing is the fictitious HS-AF4120. Some of the
data on that drawing appears to be modified..........
https://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2020/20200401.HS-AF4120.jpg

- Roger Link


On Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 4:02 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <
nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

> Jim Nichols
> From the full archive, the backup data for the drawing:
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> Locator Hist Soc - HS-C02668Type DrawingDoc Number Y-5626
> Description *N&W Ry, Radford Division, Land to be leased to A.A. Grubb
> for cultivation at Walton. Va., MP 297+4600'*
> Notes Scale 1"=100'
> Date 04/10/1905Revision Date 03/25/1909
> Author N&W Rwy - Office Chief EngrAccession 2005.004 : Library of Virginia
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> Date says 04/10/1905.
> Don’t know what to tell you.
> Name of Lessee A.A. Grubb is certainly suspicious!
>
> Bill D
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 1, 2020, at 1:00 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Look closely. It IS dated April 1. This is one of the best ever, and
> whoever did it is a genius!
>
> Jim Nichols
>
> On Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 08:31:35 AM CDT, NW Mailing List <
> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
>
> As we all face new challenges with the current world situation, in the
> spirit of the day we wanted to share with everyone the following drawing
> which one of our volunteers recently uncovered at the NWHS Archives.
>
> https://www.nwhs.org/mailinglist/2020/20200401.HS-AF4120.jpg
>
> While at first glance it appears to be a fairly routine drawing showing a
> plot of land to be leased by the railway, a closer examination of this
> drawing dated April 1, 1905 reveals that the curiously named lessor
> intended to farm turnips in the center of the wye at Walton.
>
> Of course this drawing raises more questions than it answers.  Were the
> turnips for local consumption, or were they shipped out on the N&W to
> faraway and exotic locations like Washington DC, New York City or Milnes,
> VA?  Or were they further processed at the mill across the tracks shown on
> the drawing, perhaps into the key ingredient necessary for making turnip
> pancakes, a little-known local delicacy?
>
> It also shows the location of an early signal tower located on the outside
> of the wye, not the later location of BH tower on the inside of the wye.
> For the full \NWHS Archives database entry, see
> https://www.nwhs.org/archivesdb/detail.php?ID=196022
>
> Happy first day of April,
> The NWHS Archives Team.
>
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