Some of the state’s most fertile farmland is in a mountain-ringed valley called Burke’s Garden in Tazewell County (pop. 44,598). The area is named for James Burke, who surveyed the region in the late 1740s and left potato peelings at his campsite. Afterward, a fine crop of potatoes sprang up.
Fertile Farmland of Burke’s Garden
By American Profile on July 26, 2009
