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queensknob.jpg
 queensknob.jpg866 viewsFrom a circa 1920 postcard.
ftchismon.jpg
 ftchismon.jpg864 viewsThis is a monument at the location of Fort Chiswell, a few miles north of the town of Wytheville. From an old postcard.
cabbageatrr.jpg
 cabbageatrr.jpg864 viewsThis 1930s photo shows cabbage being loaded onto railcars at Rural Retreat, VA. Cabbage were a stapple cash crop at this time.
wattsbottomironfurnace.jpg
 wattsbottomironfurnace.jpg863 viewsThis Iron Furnace is located just north of Ivanhoe near State Rt. 94 at "Watt's Bottom", Wythe County. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
wytheweatherbldg.jpg
 wytheweatherbldg.jpg861 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era postcard.
wytheville0001-1956.jpg
 wytheville0001-1956.jpg856 viewsThis is a postcard view of Wytheville from 1956. Courtesy of Steve Grubb steppen_dawg@yahoo.com
w4.jpg
 w4.jpg853 viewsThis postcard dates from 1923.
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 Walton Furnace - Tree in a Silo851 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold
wythevillerestaurant.jpg
 wythevillerestaurant.jpg850 views1930s Restaurant in Wytheville.
waltonfurnace.jpg
 waltonfurnace.jpg850 viewsWalton Furnace (Walton Furnace Rd., East Piney Community), Wythe County, VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
wytheville1846~0.jpg
 Wytheville - 1846 Engraving850 viewsThis engraving of Wytheville is taken from Howe's History of Virginia, published in 1846.
100_1813.jpg
 100_1813.jpg849 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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