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Max Meadows
10.7 miles from Wytheville
From Wytheville, take I-81 north to Exit 80. Turn left off exit ramp onto Max Meadows Drive. Max Meadows is approximately 2 miles from the Exit.
Max Meadows was first settled in the mid-1700's and was designed
by industrialists to be a boom town. Iron was found in the area
and the iron works were sold to Virginia Iron, Coal & Coke
Company. This brought good jobs to the area. After it closed in
1904, most residents began to seek employment outside of the community.
Points of Interest:
17 McGavock
Black Cemetery
Take Max Meadows Drive to Peppers Ferry Road. Go about 4/10 mile
to May Apple Road. The cemetery is located on a high hill to the
left, no sign of any graves can be seen.
No photo available.
18 Lampkin
Cemetery
Take Max Meadows Drive to Ramsey
Mountain Road. Go 4/10 mile and the
cemetery is located on a high hill just over the bridge.
No photo available.
19 Black School
No longer in existence. It was razed in the late 1960's. It was
located on the same land as the Lampkin Cemetery.
Unknown Student
This young unknown
black man was a student of Professor Richard Henry Scott. On December
25, 1894, this photograph was sent to Professor Scott with the
following caption: "To Mr. Scott my teacher. I wish you &
yours a very Merry Christmas Dec 25, 1894. W.N.R."
The Metropolitan Club
The Metropolitan
Club was an elite club of black men from Wytheville that was organized
in the mid 1940's. This picture was taken in the summer of 1949
at the home of Homer Hariston (1890-1952) first row, second from
the left. Hariston was a well known barber who owned and operated
a barbershop on Main Street in Wytheville for many years. All
of these gentlemen are now deceased.