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 100_1289.jpg412 viewsThis church was built in 1862. Photo by Jeff Weaver March 18, 2006.
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 Picture 099~0.jpg412 viewsThis is one of the cabins at Healing Springs. Photo May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 araratpower~0.jpg412 viewsThis postcard view dates from circa. 1910.
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 pics 198.jpg412 viewsPhoto October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This photo shows one of the barns on the old Perkins Plantation on Helton Creek.
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 doughtonparkpicnic.jpg412 viewsThis 1952 photo from the National Park Service Historic Photographic Collections shows a group of picnicers at the Doughton Park area off the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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 Roaring Gap - Marion Motel412 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
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 Antioch Church Sparta, N.C. May2004.JPG411 viewsThis photo is the Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, formed in 1853. Courtesy of Roxanna rnrgen@aol.com
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 pics 059.jpg411 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This church is located on Deep Ford Road.
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 graystoneinn.jpg410 viewsThis resort is located on the top of the Blue Ridge in eastern Alleghany County. This view is from 1930-45.
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 pics 200.jpg410 viewsPhoto October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This pic shows the home of Miss Alta Perkins on the one time Johnson Perkins plantation on Helton Creek.
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 pics 217.jpg410 viewsThis photo shows shocked tobacco ready to go in the barn. Photo October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 scan.jpg410 viewsThis is the William H Billings home in Piney Creek with Cleo Mcmillan sitting on the porch. Courtesy of Steve J. Billings sjbillings@earthlink.net
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Independence, VA 24348

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The Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation is established to promote, preserve, and educate the members and public about the cultural and family heritages of Grayson County, Virginia. We are a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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