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 West Jefferson - View from "Negro Mountain"901 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1942. The name, "Negro Mountain" was changed to Mount Jefferson about 1960. Courtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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 Thomas Caudill House900 viewsThe House of Thomas Caudill, still standing in 2003. Built ca. 1865.
Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 Dick's Service Station897 viewsThis 1950s postcard show a rather typical service station for Appalachia at the time.
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 greerhse.jpg896 viewsThis house was built ca. 1810, and burned in the 1990s. Reputedly this was the oldest brick house in Ashe County.
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 100_1576.jpg888 viewsThis view of the North Fork of New River was taken from the Weaver's Ford Bridge looking south. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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 Chestnut Hill - Hash Cabin884 viewsThis image shows the cabin of John and Sarah Hash in the mid-20th century, as it was being dismantled. Photo by Espy Allen Deal. Courtesy of Tamara Deal Shepherdarmageddon@skybest.com
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 Holloway Cemetery883 viewsThe Holloway Cemetery, located deep in the woods on Wiles Ridge, near Traphill. Picture taken in 2000. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net.
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 heltongristmill.jpg879 viewsThis is a photo of the Grist Mill Building on Helton Creek. This photo by taken by Jeff Weaver in June 1978.
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 graybealandrew.jpg877 viewsGrave marker for Andrew Graybeal (1808-1900)
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 blueridgeparkwaystonecutters.jpg877 viewsThis 1938 photo from the National Park Service Historic Photographic Collection shows stone cutters laying gutters along side the Blue Ridge Parkway then under construction.
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Independence, VA 24348

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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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