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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle484 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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abingdon1909.jpg483 viewsTaken from an old postcard
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friesrr1910.jpg483 viewsThis is from a 1910s postcard.
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elizabethtonpo.jpg483 viewsThis is from a 1930-45, linen era, postcard.
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Whitehead - Liberty Baptist Church483 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 21, 2007.
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volneychofbrethren.jpg482 viewsNot used in years, the Volney Church of the Brethren has been known for years as the "black" church for the color of the building. It is located across the road from the Corinth Baptist Church. Photo by Jeff Weaver May 2005.
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vc1.jpg482 viewsThis is a ca. 1916 view taken from a distance.
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galaxroses.jpg482 viewsThis 1930s shot shows Roses 5&10 cent store.
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Picture 019.jpg482 viewsThis photo is of Laurel Creek between Laurel Bloomery, TN and Damascus, VA. Photo April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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sebastianruth1966.jpg482 viewsMiss Ruth Sebastian is shown here teaching math to second graders at Virginia-Carolina in 1965.
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galaxparade.jpg482 viewsThis is from a 1920s postcard.
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pics 018.jpg482 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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