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Learn more about the Albemarle County farm at Buck Island with Philip Cobbs

A two-lane road with a car approaching, cleared land and some trees to the side, white clouds in a blue sky. In the center of the image, a green road sign says, "BUCK ISLAND CREEK."
A road sign on Thomas Jefferson Parkway identifies Buck Island Creek in Albemarle County. Ten miles southeast of Charlottesville, where Buck Island Creek joins the Rivanna River, Philip Cobbs' family farm did not have a formal name. It was often called the Garland Farm. When he was born, it was the largest Black-owned farm in Albemarle County, at more than 600 acres.

Read the story on the  Charlottesville Tomorrow website.

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