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Potter, Conley and Myrtle Fae Byers419 viewsThis is a picture of my grandparents Conley Potter and Myrtle Fae Byers. My grandfather was born May 9,1893 at Zionville, Watauga County. His parents were Reuben Potter Jr. and Martha V. Lewis. After moving to Oregon he married Myrtle Fae Byers July 16,1917. Conley Potter died Jan. 29.1961 at Walla Walla, Wa. and he is buried at Fossil, Wheeler Co., Or. Mrytle Fae Byers died Sept. 4,1928 at Wasco Co. Or. and she is buried at Wasco, Or. Courtesy of Izzy izetta815@yahoo.com
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Jefferson - Mountain View Elementary School419 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Sparta - Royalton Pipes419 viewsRoyalton Pipes, shown here in a circa 1940 postcard was the precursor of Dr. Grabow pipes.
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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle419 viewsA RAILROAD FROM ABINGDON, VA. LINKING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES WAS STARTED IN THE 1880s. BY 1918 IT RAN FROM ABINGDON TO ELKLAND, N. C. WHICH IS NOW CALLED TODD. DAMASCUS, TAYLOR'S VALLEY, GREEN COVE AND WHITE TOP WERE AMONG THE STOPS ON IT'S ROUTE. THERE WERE 100 TRESTLES AND BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE.
THE VIRGINIA CREEPER WAS STEAM POWERED AND HAULED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY N&W IN 1956 WITH A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. IT CONTINUED IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 31, 1977 WHEN THE LAST TRAIN RAN. THE ROADBED HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A VERY POPULAR HIKING-BIKING TRAIL. PICTURED IS THE TRESTLE AT THE HEADWATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE WHERE THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OFTHE HOLSTON RIVER MEET. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Bethel - Charles Lynch House419 viewsCharles Lynch home, Falls Rd., Bethel Community, Grayson. Photo by David Arnold.
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moodyfuneralhome.jpg418 viewsThis post card dates from 1939.
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100_1320.jpg418 viewsOrganized in 1776, Royal Oak Presbyterian is the second oldest church in Smyth County, VA. Photo March 22, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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Picture 118.jpg418 viewsFor a history of the Konnarock Training School, see Jean Shepherd Hamm's Ph.D. Dissertatio. Photo April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 101.jpg418 viewsThe gazebo housing the bromide-arsenic spring. Photo by Jeff Weaver May 3, 2006.
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pics 194.jpg418 viewsPhoto October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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ripshin.jpg418 viewsHome of author, newspaperman, and noted Communist Party member, Sherwood Anderson.
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Sparta - Dr. Grabow Pipe Factory Watertower418 viewsThe Dr. Grabow Pipe factory has moved across the road from this old facility. Photo March 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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