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ruralretreatstation.jpg
 ruralretreatstation.jpg1048 viewsThis image is from the middle 20th century.
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 Fort Chiswell - Historical Monumnet1045 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Wytheville - St. John's Episcopal Church1039 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard.
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 Speedwell - Speedwell Furnace1037 viewsThis is the Speedwell Furnace, located near Speedwell, Wythe County, VA. owned by the Williams Family who live in the Iron Master's House near the site. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
highway11.jpg
 highway11.jpg1030 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows U.S. 11 between Wytheville and Marion, probably at Groseclose.
Jackson_s_Ferry_&_Shot_Tower.jpg
 Poplar Camp - Jackson's Ferry and Shot Tower Marker1026 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Fort Chiswell - Historical Marker1023 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
stpaulsmethodist.jpg
 stpaulsmethodist.jpg1022 viewsReal Photo postcard from the 1940s.
wythesch.jpg
 wythesch.jpg1021 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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 Foster Falls - Galenea Methodist Church1021 viewsThe white church is the Galena Methodist Church on US 52 at it's intersection with Major Graham's Road. Hannah Walton Sanders (1806-1876) mentions this church in her Civil-War diary http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/ Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
wyrickspring.jpg
 wyrickspring.jpg1003 viewsAn early 20th century advertisement for Wyrick Springs Resort in Wythe County.
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 rr_10.jpg1003 viewsThis is a First National Bank of Rural Retreat $10 National Currency note, issued in 1933.
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