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Description:

Shirley L. Cole (right) and his brother Ernest (left) was the County Agent in Floyd County, Virginia and the founder of the Southern Virginia Appalachian Trail Association that marked, cut, and graded the first version of the Appalachian Trail in Southwestern Virginia in 1930. Cockram Ridge is along the route of the AT between Meadows of Dan and the Pinnacles of Dan. Photograph by ATC Chairman Myron Avery.


Date:

01/01/1932

Creator:

Myron Avery

Subject

Lost Appalachian Trail

Contributor

Mills Kelly

Format

Black and white photograph

Source:

Appalachian Trail Conservancy Archives. Myron Avery Scrapbooks

Rights

All rights reserved

Citation

Myron Avery, “The Cole Brothers (1932),” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 21, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/918.

Geolocation

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