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June6789041.jpg808 viewsThis photo is by Don Smith dsmih1043@comcast.net and was taken in June 1967. One can note the old Mathieson Company Store in the background.
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kenthelen101981.jpg808 viewsThis photo was taken in October 1981 by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) of Helen Kent at the 1981 Homecoming.
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Saltvo;;e - Well Fields808 viewsWELL FIELDS AND TOWN. SALTVILLE, VA.
SEPTEMBER 7, 1969. 135MM TELE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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wolf1910.jpg807 viewsFrom Jeff Weaver's family collection.
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wythevillelutheran.jpg807 views1950s real photo postcard.
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dunhamsyard.jpg807 viewsTHESE WERE MYRL DUNHAM'S CARS. THE BIG TREE IN THE BACK YARD WAS AN ENGLISH WALNUT. IT WAS PLANTED BY THE FAMILY THAT CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM ENGLAND WHEN THE MATHIESONS STARTED THE PLANT. THEY LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND. THEIR NAME WAS BARNES.
IN 1902, M. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. TO TAKE OVER THE WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A WHILE. HIS SON, HARRY, ALSO LIVED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY HARRY AND REBA DUNHAM'S DAUGHTER, MARY.
THE WALNUT TREE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE PICTURE IS FROM APRIL OF 1957. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - St.Paul's Choir807 viewsfrom the John Porter collection.
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redtractor.jpg806 viewsThis antique red tractor was sitting beside the road when I took the picture in the summer of 2003.
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hicks6.jpg806 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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groseclose1909.jpg806 viewsThis view of Groseclose was made circa 1909.
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johnhhashgrave.jpg806 viewsThis cemetery plot is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Chrissie Anderson Peters.
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salthouse1.jpg806 viewsA CLOSER LOOK AT THE OLD SALT HOUSE BUILDING.
OLD SALT HOUSE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE GEORGIA SALT FURNACE. THE SALT HOUSE WAS USED FOR STORING SACKS AND BARRELS. AFTER IT WAS NO LONGER USED FOR THAT THE TOP FLOOR BECAME THE MEETING PLACE FOR WILLIAM KING MASONIC LODGE NO. 227 OF SALTVILLE FROM 1901 UNTIL A NEW MEETING HALL WAS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN IN 1949.
THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS USED BY MATHIESON CHEMICALS.
IN MARCH OF 1965...SHORTLY AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS MADE, THE OLD SALT HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN. IT WAS LOCATED ON WEST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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