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CEDARBRANCH1956761.jpg805 viewsTHIS IS THE CEDAR BRANCH AREA LOOKING EAST FROM HWY 91 NEAR WHERE THE BRIDGE CROSSES THE RIVER ON EAST MAIN ST. THE PICTURE WAS MADE IN 1956 AND IS FROM THE WICK LAMIE COLLECTION.
Courtesy of DON SMITH dsmih1043@comcast.net
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MARTHASGRADPARTY039.jpg805 viewsPhoto by Don Smith May 26, 2007. You might want to check out the Whitetop Mountain Band's Website. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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salttheater2.jpg804 viewsFROM A SALT KETTLE THEATRE PRODUCTION ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE BUILDING IN 1972.
FROM LEFT...LINDA TOLBERT, TIM DENTON, WAYNE AUSTIN, AND DEBBIE DEBORD
CHARLES SLATE PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1817.jpg804 viewsThis photo was taken November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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CB&Q Engine804 viewsCB&Q ENGINE 4960 WAS PUT INTO EXCURSION WORK IN 1958, RETIRED TO CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM IN 1966 THEN DONATED TO THE MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN NORTH FREEDOM, WISCONSIN. IN 1980, 4960 WAS LEASED TO THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD.
BUILT IN AUGUST OF 1923 BY BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, CB&Q ENGINE 4960 HAD BEEN SPARED THE TORCH AND WAS DOING EXCURSION WORK FOR THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD FROM BRISTOL TO BENHAMS, VA. IN THE SUMMER OF 1981. THE VENTURE PLAYED OUT AND IN 1985 4960 WAS MOVED TO FT. WAYNE, INDIANA.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE GRAND CANYON RAILWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AFTER ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE REBUILDING EVER DONE ON AN OLD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, COSTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, ENGINE 4960 WAS PLACED IN SERVICE BY GRAND CANYON RAILWAY AND HAS BEEN DOING EXCURSION WORK SINCE THE MID 1990'S. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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lester19.jpg803 viewsPhoto 1930s, Glade Spring, VA.
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wythevillefarmsecene.jpg803 viewsThis is a November 1940 photo showing a farm scene near Wytheville. From the Farm Security Administration files at the Library of Congress.
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countryclub.jpg803 viewsThis is from a 1929 postcard.
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Near Saltville - Laurel Bed Lake803 viewsThis January 1969 Don Smith photo shows a frozen Laurel Bed Lake. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway803 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
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Baptist Church Wilkes NC802 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard. A related piece maybe found in the reprint of the Memorial of Rev. George McNeil which discusses the life of this Baptist pioneer of Wilkes County.
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pics 040.jpg802 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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