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 100_1763.jpg583 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, October 18, 2006. Identification by Trula Fay Purkey.
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 Troutdale - Unknown House582 viewsThis house and family are unidentified, but came from a collection of Troutdale area photos. Contact me if you have information jweaver300@aol.com. Thanks. Photo Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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 newrivercox.jpg581 viewsThis shot of the New River was taken in May 2005 by Jeff Weaver. This was probably the land of John or David Cox in the Revolutionary War period.
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 whitetop38.jpg581 viewsGeneral view of Whitetop mountain. Photo by the Virginia Department of Agriculture, 1938.
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 100_1760.jpg581 viewsThis photo was taken October 18, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This field located near the intersection of U.S. 58 and VA 16 shows the antebellum Grayson County militia muster ground. The militia met here to perform military drills.
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 Oldtown - Church579 viewsTHIS UNIDNTIFIED CHURCH WAS PHOTOGRAPHD BY DAVID ARNOLD
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 Fries Dam578 viewsPhoto courtesy of David Arnold
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 friesdam.jpg577 viewsPhoto of the dam across New River taken in the 1920s.
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 vcbasketball1966.jpg577 viewsThis photo shows the 1965-66 Virginia Carolina High School basketball team.
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 Troutdale - Ripshin577 viewsThis home was built for author Sherwood Anderson. From a 1950s postcard.
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 Fees Ridge - Gold Mine Tailings Pile577 viewsPhoto September 2007 by Jeff Weaver. This is the remnant of a gold mine that was exhausted in the late 19th century.
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 Edgewater - Sulphur Springs Methodist Church577 viewsPhoto courtesy of Stephen Isom sisom_484@yahoo.com
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Phone: +1 (276) 773-3320
Email: graysoncountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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P.O. Box 529
Independence, VA 24348

Physical Address
107 East Main Street
Independence, VA 24348

About Us

The Grayson County Historical Society in Grayson County, Virginia, is established to promote, preserve, and educate the members and public about the cultural and family heritages of Grayson County, Virginia. We are a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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The GCHS office is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, or by special appointment.

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