East 2nd Street - 36.404109 N - 81,491922 W

At the beginning of the 20th century, West Jefferson had a steam powered train that ran through town. Horses and oxen were used to pull a boiler for the locomotive into position, and a photographer was able to find a vantage point from high above them, to take a historic photograph. 

This and several other photos are framed and hanging outside Ashe County Cheese. They are part of the public domain. I took pictures of them, and this is my recreation of the North end of West Jefferson. The railroad was behind East 2nd Street, at the geo location 36.404109 N - 81,491922 W.

I love how the horsepower and steam power are equally represented in this image, as our world transformed from one to the other.