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 hillsvilletragedy.jpg962 viewsThis postcard is from an image made the day following the massacre in the court house.
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 Saltville - Bucket Line962 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the bucket line running from the Worthy Mine to the town of Saltville.
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 cornmarion1.jpg959 viewsThis is another agricultural photograph made in 1940 from the collection of the Libraryof Congress.
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 Rich Valley - Old Rich Valley Road955 viewsOld Rich Valley Road, January 10, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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 Saltville - Palmer Inn954 viewsPALMER INN / THE "OLD HOTEL" / WEST MAIN ST. / SALTVILLE, VA. / BUILT BY GEORGE W. PALMER IN 1858. RAZED IN MID 1970s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 0466.jpg947 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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 Saltville - OK Barber Shop946 viewsFROM LEFT - DAN PUCKETT / ROY YONTZ / JOE VERNON / PETE FRYE

PHOTO COURTESY LORETTA FRYE CALLAWAY AND FRED AND PEGGY CRABTREE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 ruralretreatair.jpg941 viewsThis aerial view of Rural Retreat was made by Greear Studios in Wytheville, probably in the 1940s.
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 Mystery2.jpg940 viewsI don't know who is in this photo, I'm sure it was taken in Wythe County, though. Courtesy of Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net
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 westmain1910.jpg939 viewsWEST MAIN STREET / WELL FIELDS / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1910

NOTICE THE STAND OF TREES IN FRONT OF THE KENT HOUSE. THEY WERE SUGAR MAPLES AND WERE SET OUT IN 1870.

PHOTO / DUNHAM COLLECTION. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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 hillsville2.jpg938 viewsThis is taken from a 1930s postcard.
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 berthablastpulaski1908.jpg937 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard view.
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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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