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daviscem.jpg703 viewsCourtesy of Jcamel232002
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bluffmtn.jpg703 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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Thompson_Cemetery__1.jpg703 viewsDescription: Ann Combs, Beam a descendant of the Thompson family of Surry County, North Carolina came down from Alexandria, Virginia in October of 2003. She and her husband came by to see me for a few minutes and then went by Devotion. The gatekeeper of the Reynolds estate allowed them to go inside to the Thompson cemetery.
Directions from the gate to the Thompson Homestead and Graveyard site:Get Permission at the gatehouse
Go through gate for 3 10ths miles on right, inside fence. Mitchell's River and the creek flow on either side.
Buried here are Martha Thompson wife of Hiram Higgins. (Hiram was killed in the Civil War and Martha was murdered by John Jack Mayes and burned in her house ) The cemetery is being kept in very good condition. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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Carolina Marble703 viewsUnsure of the date of this piece of ephemera, but probably 1910s.
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mayday1944.jpg703 viewsTHIS WAS JUST WEST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE BOTTOM WHERE THE FITNESS TRAIL IS NOW LOCATED...JUST PAST THE SALTVILLE MEDICAL CENTER. WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE THERE THIS AREA WAS THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
THE PICTURE CAME FROM BILL BOOTH'S COLLECTION AND THE ONLY THING WRITTEN ON THE BACK WAS 1944.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Ashe County Library703 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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McCready - Aerial View703 viewsThis aerial view of McCready's Gap was taken August 28, 1997 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Warren Family703 viewsLeft to right: Odie Warren, Zenna Warren Jones, unknown, unknown and Virginia Warren Russell. Courtesy of Judy Russell Powers.
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Mann, Charles and Julietta Handy703 viewsThis is Charles and Julietta Handy Mann. Julietta was the daughter of John Handy Jr. and Gracie Duval. Charles came to Ashe Co. from Stauton, Va. to Ashe County where he and Juliette were married. Later they moved to Washington County, Va. Courtesy of Mary Blevins. mcblevins@hotmail.com
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saltvillepool.jpg702 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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gilesch.jpg702 viewsThis is from a 1960s Court House.
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christiansburgtunnel.jpg702 viewsThis is an 1850s view of the railway tunnel leading into Christiansburg.
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