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HOW HUNGRY MOTHER PARK GOT ITS NAME
The story goes that a raiding party of Shawnee
Indians crossed the mountains and desolated sev-
eral settlements on New River. Among the persons
killed was the husband of Molly Marley. Following
the custom of the tribe, the woman and her baby
were carried off by the raiding party to their base.
In some way the woman managed to escape with
her small child.
Eventually, after feeding on berries for many days,
she collapsed at the foot of what is now known as
Molly's Knob. The child, unable to rouse its mother,
wandered down the creek until he reached a group
of houses, and being quite young, could say only
the words, "Hungry-Mother-Hungry-Mother."
The creek was named Hungry Mother Creek and the
park took its name from the creek, which runs
through it.
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HUNGRY MOTHER PARK
5 miles from Marion, Va. Most popular of all Va.
State Parks.
P10999
GREEAR STUDIO,
arion and Wytheville, Virginia ...
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by COLOURPICTURE
BOSTON, MASS. 02130
