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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
" If I could live
anywhere in the
world, I wouldn't
even have to pack.
I'm already there. "
- Ralph Robertson
A Path Toward the Future
Southwest Virginia 'local legend' has built over 13 miles of trails for his community
by Linda Jilk, Cardinal News
M
ost folks around Giles County
know Ralph Robertson.
" He is a legend in this region.
It seems everyone knows him or at least
knows of him, " says Narrows Town
Manager Terry Nicholson.
Robertson loves outdoor recreation
and has seemingly done all that the
area has to off er - paddling, biking,
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running, hiking, climbing, fi shing,
hunting, caving and backcountry skiing.
He especially loves Wolf Creek
Mountain, where he grew up. " When
I was a boy, we stayed in these woods ...
see, we didn't have no trails back then,
we just took off , we just bushwhacked, "
explains Robertson in what he jokes has
been referred to by outsiders as " not a
hillbilly accent, it's a charismatic drawl. "
And so he builds trails here. For
himself, and so others can experience
the beauty of the picturesque Mill
Creek and Mercy Branch waterfalls,
the peaceful woods that connect to
the Jeff erson National Forest and the
Appalachian Trail, the spectacular
Sentinel Point overlook.
co-opliving.com
PHOTO COURTESY RALPH ROBERTSON

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