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Location of Galax in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Galax, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Galax, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Matthews State Forest is a Virginia state forest located in Grayson County, near the City of Galax.It is used for research into the American chestnut, as well as for demonstration of forestry management techniques; it serves as watershed protection and as a wildlife sanctuary, and has facilities for hiking.
The Blue Ridge Music Center is a music venue, museum, and visitor center on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Galax, Virginia.The center celebrates the living musical heritage of the surrounding mountains and interprets its significance within the larger landscape of American music and culture through concerts, exhibits, and programs.
Briar Patch, a place in the fictional Br'er Rabbit stories; Briar Patch , a fictional region of space "Briar Patch", a 1989 story by Dean Ing in the Man-Kzin Wars series "Briarpatch", a song by Devin the Dude from the 2004 album To tha X-Treme; The Briar Patch, a 1973 book by Murray Kempton about the trial of the Panther 21
The story was used in the 1946 film Song of the South along with "The Tar Baby" and "The Briar Patch". [2] It is also referenced in a dark ride scene of Splash Mountain, a log flume-style attraction based on Song of the South at Tokyo Disneyland and formerly at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom.
The majority of the buildings were built in the 1920s. Notable buildings include the old fire station (c. 1920), Colonial Theater (1930), Waugh Department Store (1904), Rex Theater (1938), and Galax Municipal Building (1908). [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, with a boundary increase in 2008. [1]
Historical marker at Galax. The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; [5] The town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. [6]
The mountain range is the home of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation's Preserve at Bull Run Mountains, [1] which is a state-designated Natural Area Preserve dedicated to the scientific and educational potential of the region. The Preserve at Bull Run Mountains has over seven miles of trails that are open to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and ...