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Intersection107and91June1964(2).jpg844 viewsThis photo was taken June 1, 1964. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Saltville - Brine Pump844 viewsThis is an August 1972 photo of a brine pump in the well fields, without its housing. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

trazingelemesch.jpg844 viewsRAZING THE "WOODEN BUILDING"...THE LOWER GRADES ELEMENTARY BUILDING. WE ALL CALLED IT THE WOODEN BUILDING BECAUSE THE GRADES 4-7 "MIDDLE" BUILDING AND THE HIGH SCHOOL WERE BRICK.

THIS PROPERTY IS NOW THE GROUNDS OF THE SALTVILLE MEDICAL CENTER.

PHOTO BY MYRL DUNHAM / SEPTEMBER 1961. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net

snowballfight1940.jpg844 viewsSNOWBALL FIGHT / MARGARET DIGGS VS. DOUG SHANNON / MATHIESON CHEMICALS / CIRCA 1940. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net

mphendersonstore.jpg843 viewsJohn Porter photograph from the late 1930s.

wellfieldsflood.jpg843 viewsFLOOD OF MARCH 1963 RAISED THE WATER LEVEL IN THE WELL FIELDS. THE PICTURE WAS MADE WHERE LAKE DRIVE INTERSECTS WITH PALMER LOOKING SOUTH.

IN 1963, THERE WAS A SMALL POND TO THE LEFT OF PALMER AVENUE WHERE THE SOFTBALL FIELD NOW SITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, PALMER WAS IMPASSABLE AND FOR A FEW DAYS THE PONDS WERE QUITE LARGE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Allison Gap - Bird's Eye view842 viewsThis February 1964 phto was taken bt Myrl Dunham, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Chilhowie - Apple Exhibit841 viewsThis photo courtesy of Edna Bonham Love shows the 1916 exhibition that H. L. Bonham made for the Smyth County Fair. Shown are a variety of apples and other agricultural products.

tottenchester.jpg840 viewsTHIS IS CHESTER TOTTEN CRUISING THE PARKING LOT IN HIS PINK AND CREAM '59 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE IN MARCH OF 1963.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

electionday1974.jpg840 viewsThis photo by Don Smith shows some of the local officials standing around at Election Day in 1974. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Saltville - Sanders Hill840 viewsSANDERS HILL / CEDAR BRANCH / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1973. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net

Saltville - Madam Russell Cjurch at Night840 viewsThis fine image was taken by Don Smith on Thursday October 8, 2009.

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A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.