Puckett Cabin — Attraction in Mount Airy

The site is under renovation so we did not stop, but the National Parks Website has a fascinating story of her life and impact on people in the region in the 1800s and early 1900s - long before the Blue Ridge Pkwy. The cabin is very small so she would have lived a humble but very meaningful existence. Getting around to deliver over 1000 babies as a midwife would have been...

A very nice place to stop and visit.

An Amazing story to read, and to top it off, I had the pleasure to visit this amazing place and read this amazing story with her great great great niece, who is in the photos.

A midwife that attended to over 1000 births in the area of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Sadly, she gave birth to 24 children who all...

This was an interesting little. Stop. The information about the Puckett family and especially Miss Puckett was fascinating. It was shocking how many kids she had and even more shocking how many children she delivered for the local community. It's a neat little stop that I recommend and it wouldn't take more than 10 minutes because there's not that...