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Photograph of Lou from RU Magazine (Radford University), 1999. She was a graduate of Radford (class of '32)

Photograph of Lou Crabtree taken in her "office" at her home on Valley St. in Abingdon, VA.

This was Lou's childhood home.

Fault Line in far southwest Washington County, Virginia. Lou would search for fossils here with her children.

This is where Lou spent most of her married life. She called it the "Black-eyed house."

This was the school where Lou taught in her early married life.

Along Smith Creek. Lou would walk here on her way to teach school.

One of Lou's favorite sites

The Fault Line is a play based on Lou Crabtree's stories and poetry. It was written for
performance at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon. The full length play (never staged) was called "Ballad of a Stranger."
Lou's papers include a manuscript for a…

Lou's favorite spot: on the porch of her house on Valley St. in Abingdon. She favored the wisteria in the front and the bubby-bush in the back