Vintage Burke's Garden Store
by Ben Prepelka
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Vintage Burke's Garden Store
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Ben Prepelka
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There is only one paved road into Burke’s Garden, an isolated community of nearly 300 residents. Surrounded by Virginia's Garden Mountain, it appears from the mountaintop that a giant pressed his thumb into the landscape and created this high, hidden farming community.
Miles from another nearby town in Tazwell County, local resident depended on the Burke’s Garden general store and post office. Unable to stay afloat, the store has closed, and gas pumps still record a time when gasoline was 75 cents a gallon. There is still no newspaper delivery in the town today, no cable television or cell service, no traffic lights and no post office. Life is very peaceful in Burke’s Garden.
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January 27th, 2018
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Kathi Isserman
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