We Had Everything

I am one of eleven children.
I was born at Air Bellows.
Three miles south of Whitehead.

We was born right on top
of the Blue Ridge Mountain.
My father's farm
run right along where the Scenic is now.

We enjoyed it.
We had everything.
We had outdors and we had the streams,
and we had all the beauty of God's creation.

We enjoyed it so much.

                ~ NORA C. WAGONER, 1882
                                     Alleghany County

From: Rough Weather Makes Good Timber
                             by Patsy Moore Ginns