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 berthablastpulaski1908.jpg898 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard view.
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 Saltville - Palmer Inn898 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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 Ivanhoe - General View897 viewsThis is a 1914 postcard view of the Ivanhoe village.
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 Rich Valley - Old Rich Valley Road896 viewsOld Rich Valley Road, January 10, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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 0466.jpg892 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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 westmain1910.jpg891 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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 Saltville - Unknown Event890 viewsDON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE. IT WAS BEING HELD IN THE R. B. WORTHY GYM SOMETIME IN THE 1960s.

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 boydshotel.jpg888 viewsThis is a Real photo postcard from ca. 1910.
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 woodlawnschool.jpg883 viewsThis photo is from 1937.
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 hillsvillemethodist.jpg880 viewsFrom a 1940s-1950s postcard.
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 Hillsville - Ground Hog Mountain879 viewsFrom a 1960s era postcard. Located at mile marker 188 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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 Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works Train Crew 1947879 viewsTRAIN CREW / MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS / SALTVILLE OPERATIONS / SALTVILLE, VA. / SHOWING THE NEW DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE / 1947

FROM LEFT - BILL DAVIDSON, WALTER SWORD, UNKNOWN - A GENERAL MOTORS FACTORY REP, JOHN LITTLE, CHARLIE CALL, JOHN LOUTHIAN, ESSIE GREER, GEORGE "PENNY" HAYNES, ANDREW FRYE, JOHN BORDERS, LEO FIELDS, UNKNOWN - A GENERAL MOTORS FACTORY REP, JOHN HENRY SHORTT, EUGENE CASSIDY, RALPH COMER, ED PATRICK, STANDING ON STEPS AT FRONT OF ENGINE - AUDREY BILLINGS; STANDING ON GROUND - FROM LEFT - ROME NIPPER AND JOE DAVIDSON

PHOTO COURTESY EDDIE "NIM" PATRICK. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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