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zionlutheran1937.jpg756 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
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wellfields51973.jpg756 viewsTHE PONDS WERE LOW AND LOOKING RAGGED FROM ABOVE IN MAY OF '73. NOTICE THE SMALL PONDS WHERE THE SOFTBALL FIELD IS NOW LOCATED. THERE IS AN OLD WELL HEAD CLOSE TO SECOND BASE ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD. WE UNCOVERED IT IN 1978 WHEN WE GRADED FOR THE SOFTBALL FIELD. IT WAS COVERED BY A SQUARE PLATE. WE DROPPED ROCKS DOWN THE PIPE AND HEARD SPLASHES. WE PUT THE PLATE BACK OVER IT...COVERED IT AND FINISHED THE FIELD. NO BIG DEAL. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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sherwoodanderson.jpg756 viewsFamous author who had a home at Troutdale from mid-1920s until his death in 1941. Photo from the Library of Congress.
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CB&Q Engine756 viewsCB&Q ENGINE 4960 WAS PUT INTO EXCURSION WORK IN 1958, RETIRED TO CIRCUS WORLD MUSEUM IN 1966 THEN DONATED TO THE MID-CONTINENT RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM IN NORTH FREEDOM, WISCONSIN. IN 1980, 4960 WAS LEASED TO THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD.
BUILT IN AUGUST OF 1923 BY BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, CB&Q ENGINE 4960 HAD BEEN SPARED THE TORCH AND WAS DOING EXCURSION WORK FOR THE BRISTOL AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD FROM BRISTOL TO BENHAMS, VA. IN THE SUMMER OF 1981. THE VENTURE PLAYED OUT AND IN 1985 4960 WAS MOVED TO FT. WAYNE, INDIANA.
IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE GRAND CANYON RAILWAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AFTER ONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE REBUILDING EVER DONE ON AN OLD STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, COSTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, ENGINE 4960 WAS PLACED IN SERVICE BY GRAND CANYON RAILWAY AND HAS BEEN DOING EXCURSION WORK SINCE THE MID 1990'S. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Marion - Virginia House Restaurant756 viewsFrom a late 1950s postcard.
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MadamRussellCabin001.jpg755 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
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wythevillepresby.jpg755 views1950s real photo postcard.
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wythevillebaptist.jpg755 views1950s era real photo postcard.
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houk2.jpg755 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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wythevillebusdepot.jpg754 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard
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roberts4.jpg754 viewsCourtesy of Thom. Houk.
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Giant Lumber Flume754 viewsThis is the flume of the Giant Lumber Company, which operated near North Wilkesboro in the early 20th century.
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