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Andrew Franklin Phipps496 viewsThis is a picture of Andrew Franklin Phipps and his wife, Matilda Jane Kendrick. They raised a family on Cutter's Creek. The Phipps family arrived in Dickenson County around 1850. The Kendricks arrived later, after 1900. Desta Elliott
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Sketch472 viewsDuring the first 90 years of Dickenson County's existence, the time period between 1880 and 1970, there evolved over one hundred identifiable communities, the nuclei of which consisted of any or all of the following: a one or two room school, a post office, a store, and a church. Sometimes the school served as a church or vice versa. The last rural post office in the county, Darwin, was discontinued in 1963. The last two rural schools, Dog Branch and Yates, closed in 1970. Very few country stores remain in
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Bear Pen School.596 views
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This is an example of the historical markers that used to dot the VA landscape. 402 views
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Dickenson County, Virginia's Veterans Memorial510 views
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This is a Bold Creek Church meeting.551 views
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Dickenson County, Virginia's Coal Miners Memorial481 views
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This is another historical marker for the town of Clintwood.504 views
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