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saltville1920view.jpg
 saltville1920view.jpg578 viewsThis is a from a 1920 postmarked postcard.
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 Arkins-school Children578 viewsATKINS SCHOOL SIXTH GRADERS WITH A BACKGROUND OF VIRGINIAN CABOOSES SITTING ON A SIDETRACK RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK GRAVEYARD Courtesy of don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.nmet
hmguestlodge.jpg
 hmguestlodge.jpg577 viewsThis is a 1940s postcard view.
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 saltlibrary.JPG576 viewsPhoto taken by Jeff Weaver June 2005
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 smythone.jpg575 viewsThis is a Smyth County, Virginia One Dollar note issued in 1862.
PRESTONHOUSEPALMERINNSCHOOLHOTEL234.jpg
 PRESTONHOUSEPALMERINNSCHOOLHOTEL234.jpg575 viewsThis April 1972 photograph is courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP2.jpg575 viewsFROM LEFT...LAWRENCE SMITH / CLAUDE SMITH / JACK CATRON / MARY SUE SMITH. This photo was made in 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
boxingmatch.jpg
 boxingmatch.jpg575 viewsFrom the late 1930s photography of John Porter.
blackseagrass.jpg
 blackseagrass.jpg574 viewsThis is a photo of black sea grass taken in the well fields, Saltville, Virginia, summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
horseshow2.jpg
 horseshow2.jpg574 viewsThis is a John Porter photograph of a late 1930s horse show in Saltville.
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 Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works Stock Certoficate574 viewsFromth 1930s
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 000_0490.JPG573 viewsThis is the current home of the Chilhowie Public Library, formerly the Old Chilhowie High School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 2004
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Email: graysoncountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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P.O. Box 529
Independence, VA 24348

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107 East Main Street
Independence, VA 24348

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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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