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 pics 137.jpg942 viewsThis photo shows the Marion Scarlet Hurricane Marching Band at the Chilhowie Apple Festival Parade on September 23, 2006. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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 bucketline101968.jpg941 viewsNEARING THE END...THE BUCKET LINE... SHOWN HERE HEADING FOR THE ANGLE JUNCTION, WOULD SOON BE SHUT DOWN FOREVER. IT HAD A 66 YEAR RUN. MATHIESON HAD BUILT IT IN 1902. TRUCKS REPLACED THE BUCKET LINE FOR THE FEW REMAINING YEARS BEFORE OLIN CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 hmlake.jpg941 viewsThis 1940 real photo postcard shows the Hungry Mother Lake and Consessionaire's home.
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 Marion - Marion Auto Supply940 viewsThis circa 1925 postcard shows perhaps the first gas pumps in Marion.
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 MadamRussellCabin002.jpg939 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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 Saltville - Brine Pump939 viewsThis is an August 1972 photo of a brine pump in the well fields, without its housing. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Konnarock - View of Whitetop from Konnarock938 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1970s and shows Whitetop Mountain living up to its name.
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 maw36.jpg936 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.
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 Saltville - Well Fields936 viewsThis is a circa 1915 color postcard of the well fields in Saltville.
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 pics 008.jpg935 viewsThis September 3, 2006 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Bluegrass Band on the stage.
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 Saltville - Church Ridge935 viewsLOOKING NORTHEAST / CHURCH RIDGE IN RED CLOVER / SALTVILLE, VA. / AUGUST 1963. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Walker Mountain935 viewsSharp wooded hills of Walker Mountain (looking southwest from C 30). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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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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