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hunterscamp.jpg541 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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100_1869.jpg541 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, November 10, 2006.
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Johnson City - Railroad Depot541 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1920s.
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Galax - Main Street541 viewsThis is the view to the south from the intersection of Main Street and Grayson Street. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 30, 2007.
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Eliza Victoria Canter and children541 views
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millcreekmethodist.jpg540 viewsThis is the new building for Mill Creek United Methodist Church. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2005.
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washhotelglade.jpg540 viewsFrom an early 20th century photo.
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pics 176.jpg540 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, September 27, 2006.
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clinchfieldcement.jpg540 viewsFrom a postcard probably made in the 1930s or 1940s.
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100_1891.jpg540 viewsNote the black stripe in the rock behind the house. Unusual. Photo by Jeff Weaver, November 29, 2006.
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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle540 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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Miss. Smitteel540 views
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