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Chub-Hole3.jpg1307 viewsTHE BIG HOLE IN CLUB HOUSE HOLLOW BEGAN FALLING IN ON EASTER MONDAY 1960. SOME OF US BOYS HANGING AROUND ON THE PARKING LOT IN TOWN HEARD ABOUT IT AND TOOK OFF UP THERE TO LOOK AT IT. WE STOOD ON THE EDGE OF THIS THING...IT WAS ABOUT FIVE FEET ACROSS...LOOKED DOWN INTO IT AND SAW ONLY DARKNESS... AND DROPPED ROCKS DOWN INTO IT. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER YOU COULD HEAR A SPLASH. WE WENT BACK THE NEXT NIGHT AND IT WAS ABOUT TWENTY FEET ACROSS. WE DIDN'T GO BACK ANYMORE. BY ABOUT THE THIRD DAY, THE AREA WAS ROPED OFF.
THE ED WIX HOUSE WAS LOCATED IN THE HOLLOW AND A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FAMILY MOVED OUT, THE HOLE SWALLOWED UP THE HOUSE. THIS PICTURE, FROM THE CHUB ARNOLD COLLECTION, SHOWS THE WIX HOUSE TEETERING ON THE EDGE A FEW DAYS BEFORE FALLING INTO THE HOLE.
CLUB HOUSE HOLLOW WAS/IS ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE WELL FIELDS IN AN AREA WHERE OLIN HAD THEIR HIGH PRESSURE WELLS.
THE PICTURE WAS DATED APRIL 25, 1960. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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hillsvillemain60.jpg1305 viewsTaken from a 1960s era postcard. More information about Carroll County can be found in R. Humbert's Carroll County, Virginia Industrial Survey
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bilunk1.jpg1305 viewsUnknown. Probably a member of the William Billings (1830-1896) family or the Colon Williams (1820-1897) family. Both families lived in the western part of Alleghany Co including the Prathers Creek area. Courtesy of Jason Duncan.
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creepertrain1919.jpg1304 viewsThis August 1919 photo shows the Virginia Creeper near Whitetop.
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Allisonia - Allisonia Depot1303 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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100_1393.jpg1302 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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hillsvillemill.jpg1301 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
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bottlehsehillsville.jpg1301 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
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Saltville - Palmer Inn Stable1301 viewsPhoto dates to the early 20th century.
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Whitetop - Whitetop Post Office1301 viewsPhoto May 16, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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225.jpg1300 viewsRev. Paul Jones Phipps, son of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson.
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halesfalls.jpg1300 viewsFrom a 19th century engraving.
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