Puckett Cabin - Blue Ridge Parkway
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
Title
Puckett Cabin - Blue Ridge Parkway
Artist
Susan Rissi Tregoning
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Sitting on Groundhog Mountain is the Appalachian mountain home of Orlean Hawks Puckett. This historic site pays tribute to the strength of the Appalachian woman.
Orlean Puckett, married at 16, had little to no formal education and, in her life, gave birth to and lost 24 children. Many were stillborn, but the rest died in infancy. In her 50s, she became a midwife, successfully delivering more than 1,000 babies, never losing a mother or child, and never charging for her services. Orlean was 94 years old when she delivered her last baby; she died in 1939.
This cabin was her last home. It is located at mile marker 190 on the Virginia section of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
Uploaded
August 13th, 2020
Statistics
Viewed 2,869 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/25/2024 at 2:06 AM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet