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grosecloseswin1915.jpg
 grosecloseswin1915.jpg807 viewsThis image was published in postcard form in 1915.
konnarockwheat.jpg
 konnarockwheat.jpg807 viewsThis ca. 1920s image shows a group of men cradeling wheat in Konnarock. Two are identified on the extreme left, James Wilson Martin and next to him William Wallace Martin. Courtesy of Pauline Haga.
wellfields2.jpg
 wellfields2.jpg806 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2003.
saltvilleschool1910a.jpg
 saltvilleschool1910a.jpg806 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the 1905 Saltville High School in the background. This is a view looking northeast along what is now West Main Street.
greeverhomechil.jpg
 greeverhomechil.jpg806 viewsThis 1935 photograph shows the former home of General James S. Greever and Mary Scott Greever.
SNOWBUNK002.jpg
 Saltville - Snow in the Mountains, Spring in Town806 viewsThis outstanding photo was taken by Don Smith, April 18, 2007. dsmith1043@comcast.net
konnarocktraining.jpg
 konnarocktraining.jpg805 viewsThis photo from the 1930s shows the Konnarock Training School, a mission school for mountain girls operated by the Lutheran Church.
fieldofbeans.jpg
 Saltville - Field pf Beans805 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.
saltville182.jpg
 saltville182.jpg804 viewsThis photo was made in 1899.
hassingertrain.jpg
 hassingertrain.jpg804 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing one of Hassinger Lumber Company's logging trains in operation.
MadamRussellCabin001.jpg
 MadamRussellCabin001.jpg802 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006. Madam Russell was the sister of Virginia's famous Patrick Henry. She married first General William Campbell, and second another Revolutionary War General William Russell. A reprint of some of the correspondence of Russell is found in this reprint of Anna Des Cognet's William Russell
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
mawoffice1922.jpg
 mawoffice1922.jpg799 viewsFrom the 1922 Alkalite
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