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Black Lick (Pine Ridge)
The Black Lick
Community is 11.9 miles west of Wytheville.
The first survey of this area was believed to have
taken place in 1745. It was called Black Lick because of the two
sulfur springs in the area.
Points of Interest:
8 Black Lick
Baptist Church Cemetery
Follow I-81 to Rural Retreat; take Exit 60. Turn right to Radio
Road (679) to Race Track Road and turn left. The Black Lick Church
is at the end of this road about .9 mile on Radio Road.
No photo available.
9 The Old Rosenwald
School
It was located on Race Track Road, but is no longer standing.
Wildisom
S. Scott
Wildisom S. Scott
(right) with unknown friend at Howard University School of
Dentistry,
Washington, D.C. about 1896. At the time of this photograph, Wildisom
was about 19 years old. He was the son of Professor Richard Henry
Scott (1857 - 1925) and Mollie Woolwine Scott (1846-1912). The
whereabouts of Wildisom after completing Howard University School
of Dentistry is unknown.
The Paul H. Johnson, Sr. family
The Paul H. Johnson,
Sr.
Family: Paul, Sr. (1902-1981), Paul, Jr. (1922-1992) with wife
and mother Lillian Page Johnson (1898-1999). Paul Johnson, Sr.
owned and operated the Fifth Street Grocery in Wytheville for
many years. Lillian Page Johnson was the daughter of Henry W.
Page and Pocahontas Monroe Page. Pocahontas owned and operated
the "Cozy Kitchen Cafe" on Main Street in Wytheville
until 1924 when fire destroyed the town. Paul, Jr. completed the
Yale University School of Progressive Photography.