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Saltville - Field pf Beans695 viewsField of beans planted along contours so as to prevent washing on steep slopes. Walker Mountain (M 15). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No datembut circa 1910. From the U. S. Geological Survey.
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Saltville - Moving a house694 viewsMOVING THE BRICK HOUSE FROM EAST MAIN TO HWY 107 / JUNE 1964. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Allison Gap - Allison Gap School694 viewsThis is the 5th grade class at Allison Gap School in 1958.
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cards.jpg693 viewsFrom John Porter's photos from the late 1930s.
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laborday1984.jpg693 viewsTHREE LOCAL SALTVILLE LADIES TAKING IN LABOR DAY 1984.
FROM LEFT / GLADYS MAIDEN, LENA SMITH, AND EVA MOORE.
PHOTO BY BRISTOL HERALD COURIER. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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mawoffice1922.jpg691 viewsFrom the 1922 Alkalite
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nunnbjracing.jpg691 viewsB. J. NUNN RACING TEAM HEADING FOR THE HUDSON, N. C. DRAGSTRIP.
THE CITIES SERVICE IN THE BACKGROUND IS WHERE TODD'S IS NOW.
THE RED CAR WAS A '62 CHEVY WITH A 409 ENGINE AND FACTORY FOUR IN THE FLOOR.
A WARM SEPTEMBER EVENING IN 1963. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Chilhowie - Unusual Rock691 viewsCourtesy of Sadie Stamper Greer jgreer100@comcast.net
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Saltville - Brine Pump690 viewsThis is an August 1972 photo of a brine pump in the well fields, without its housing. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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JULY24MGSJAN1980701.jpg687 viewsTHIS IS WHAT THE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE LOOKED LIKE FROM THE INSIDE ON THE SECOND FLOOR JUST BEFORE IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN JANUARY OF 1980.
THE WEST SIDE FRONT CORNER BEGAN TO LOSE BRICKS AND FINALLY THE HOLE OPENED UP. THE STORE HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME. WORK HAD ALREADY LEVELED THE OLD SUPER X / IGA MARKET THAT HAD OPENED IN NOVEMBER OF 1955.
THE WALLS WERE SOLID BRICK...THREE WIDE. THEY BUILT IT WELL IN 1894.
Courtesy of Don Smith [dsmith1043@comcast.net[/email]
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dunhamsyard.jpg687 viewsTHESE WERE MYRL DUNHAM'S CARS. THE BIG TREE IN THE BACK YARD WAS AN ENGLISH WALNUT. IT WAS PLANTED BY THE FAMILY THAT CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM ENGLAND WHEN THE MATHIESONS STARTED THE PLANT. THEY LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND. THEIR NAME WAS BARNES.
IN 1902, M. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. TO TAKE OVER THE WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A WHILE. HIS SON, HARRY, ALSO LIVED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY HARRY AND REBA DUNHAM'S DAUGHTER, MARY.
THE WALNUT TREE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE PICTURE IS FROM APRIL OF 1957. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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ussprucelumber1908.jpg686 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows the lumber yards for the U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Marion, VA.
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