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 cabincrkfallsupper.jpg450 viewsThis falls is in the Grayson Highlands State Park.
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 galax1bc.jpg449 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard
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 friesdam1907.jpg448 viewsThis is a 1907 postcard view of the Dam across New River at Fries.
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 Troutdale - Greear House448 viewsThis October 1963 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net show the Greear House. Lee Greear was instrumental in the industrialization of Troutdale, and the incorporation of the town in 1906. This house was used as the symbol of Grayson County some years, as it was shown on the county's stickers for cars. This house was abandoned in the 1960s and demolished in the late 1970s.
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 friesrrbridge1922.jpg447 viewsThis is a January 1922 photo showing the Norfolk and Western Railroad Bridge over New River near Fries.
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 Fisher's Gap - General View446 viewsThis is a scene taken from a hill in the Fisher's Gap Road area south of Galax. This is from the presumtive site of the execution of a Tory in the American Revolution. Photo made April 7, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 whitoplodge.jpg446 viewsThis is the facility at Whitetop where the famous 1933 music festival was held. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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 Comers Rock - Falls of Elk Creek446 viewsOn Falls Road near Comer's Rock this is the upper falls of the North Fork of Elk Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 25, 2008.
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 washingtonmills.jpg445 viewsThis is from a circa 1920 photograph.
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 Troutdale - Unknown House445 viewsThis house and family are unidentified, but came from a collection of Troutdale area photos. Contact me if you have information jweaver300@aol.com. Thanks. Photo Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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 000_0678.JPG444 viewsPhoto summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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 Independence - 1908 Grayson County Court House444 viewsPhoto November 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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The Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation 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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