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Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS 20D
Aperture f/5.6 Color Space Uncalibrated
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Exposure Time 1/125 sec Flash Flash, Auto-Mode
Focal Length 26 mm ISO 400
Metering Mode Pattern Date/Time 2006:12:23 16:55:46
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Caption X21 Norton As early as 1750 Christopher Gist explored in this vicinity. The first house here was built about 1785 by William Prince, for whom the settlement was called Prince's Flat. It was later name Norton for Eckstein Norton, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and was incorporated in 1894. Norton is the center of a bituminous coal region. High Knob, National Forest Area, is nearby. Virginia Conservation Commission, 1941