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firstgalaxfair.jpg
 firstgalaxfair.jpg536 viewsThis photo was taken at the first Galax Fair, circa 1906.
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 First_County_Seat_sign.JPG535 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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 Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery535 viewsImage of Martha Halsey's gravemarker, Courtesy of Misty Martin.
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 wolfknobgroup1.jpg530 viewsThis group of young people posed for this photo near Wolf Knob circa 1915.
fries01.jpg
 fries01.jpg526 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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 Mouth of Wilson - Halsey's Ferry526 viewsThis late 1940s photo shows Halsey's Ferry across the New River near where the bridge taking Route 93 from Mouth of Wilson to Piney Creek now stands.
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 cabin.jpg525 viewsThis photo by Jeff Weaver shows the William Weaver cabin in Grayson Highlands State Park. This photo was taken in the early 1990s.
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 spring valley - William Bourne House525 viewsThis is the present incarnation of the historic William Bourne home, a.k.a. "Rosie's Cabin" where the first session of the Grayson County Court was held. Photo by David Arnold.
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 foxbaseball1914.jpg523 viewsThis is a 1914 photo of the Fox Creek Baseball team. In the days before Television, many rural communites fielded teams to compete against those in neighboring areas.
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 Fries - Washington Inn523 views(Historic) Washington Inn, Town of Fries, Providence District, Grayson. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnolddavid-arnold@comcast.net
groupatbethel.jpg
 groupatbethel.jpg520 viewsThis photo was taken at the Amos Parks farm in the Bethel community about 1915. According to my aunt, a version of it was published in The Declaration in Dec. 1963. I can ID a few people but most of them I don't know. I don't even know the occasion for the photograph. A cousin of mine has the original of this one and she has given me permission to share it out.
Courtesy of Rod Coates
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 unknowngroup.jpg519 viewsThis photo, futher unidentified, come courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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