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 pic 001.jpg663 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver May 2006.
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 greeverhomechil.jpg663 viewsThis 1935 photograph shows the former home of General James S. Greever and Mary Scott Greever.
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 Saltville - Retired Mathieson Employee Dinner663 viewsDINNER FOR RETIRED MATHIESON EMPLOYEES / MADAM RUSSELL CHURCH / SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1956. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 EastMainStreetSaltvilleinthe40s(3).jpg662 viewsThis view of East Main Street was made in the 1940s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 haymarion2.jpg661 viewsPhoto was taken in 1940. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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 wagonfactry.jpg661 viewsThis is a 1907 photo. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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 Chilhowie - Picking Apples661 viewsThis photo from Edna Bonham Love shows a man picking apples in one of the orchards which used to exist in this community.
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 saltvillepool.jpg660 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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 NEW_107_HWY102.jpg660 viewsThis photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net is the site of the future Saltville overlook, taken in 1964 while Highway 107 was underconstruction.
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 upperwellfields41973.jpg660 viewsThis April 1073 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the Upper Well Fields and West Main Street in April 1973.
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 Chilhowie - Bradley's Funeral Home659 viewsLocated on Old Stage Road between the Tate House and the Chilhowie Methodist Church. Their website has their obituaries for their Marion and Chilhowie locations. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 19, 2007.
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 saltville1.jpg658 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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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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