Puckett Cabin

Blue Ridge Highlands & Southwest Virginia


The last home of mountain midwife Orleana Hawks Puckett (1844–1939), who delivered more than 1000 babies. The site of the property is dotted with exhibitions on the folkways and traditions of local mountain and valley folk.


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