Creating a history of time and place

A shallow river winding through a rugged and remote gap in the Blue Ridge foothills passes through a pocket of industrial activity. A near imperceptible narrow gauge railroad grade extends from the ancient stone plant along the river past quarry sites, small crushers and stone mills, hydroelectric plants. The tram is a thin rust scratch through abrupt topography and encroaching foliage. Rusted iron and broken stone, gray timbers, mildew, mossy and old, cinders, worn concrete, slab ruins.
–Professor Cyrus P. Snodgrass, An Unsubstantiated Overview of Western Piedmont. E.I.E.I.O. Press
The Davis-Murdoch Stone Company
An imagined search through Nelson County for any remnants of a forgotten soapstone operation.
