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 Wytheville - Counts Drug and Main Street807 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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 Saltvolle - Elizabeth Cemetery807 viewsLIGHTS / ELIZABETH CEMETERY / SALTVILLE, VA. / FEB. 11, 2006. Courtesuy of Don Smit dsmith@comcast.net[
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 Graham's Forge - Assorted Buildings.806 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Wytheville - Crockett Falls806 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard of Crockett Falls.
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 pic 055.jpg805 viewsAn example of an above ground grave in Aspenvale cemetery. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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 swingingbridge2.jpg803 viewsThis is a 1976 swinging bridge across Reed Creek near the Wytheville Water Treatment Plant on Rt 21. Courtesy of Steve Grubb steppen_dawg@yahoo.com
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 StPauls.jpg803 viewsSt. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rural Retreat, Virginia. Courtesy of
Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net.
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 Max Meadows - Chiswell Mansion803 viewsThis is from a 1960s or 1970s postcard.
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 drapermtn~0.jpg802 viewsThis is from a 1940s era linen postcard.
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 bucketline101968.jpg802 viewsNEARING THE END...THE BUCKET LINE... SHOWN HERE HEADING FOR THE ANGLE JUNCTION, WOULD SOON BE SHUT DOWN FOREVER. IT HAD A 66 YEAR RUN. MATHIESON HAD BUILT IT IN 1902. TRUCKS REPLACED THE BUCKET LINE FOR THE FEW REMAINING YEARS BEFORE OLIN CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 PATTYJO412.jpg800 viewsPhoto March 1971 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Saltville Elementary School 1919800 viewsSALTVILLE ELEMENTARY / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1919 / THIS SCHOOL WAS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF WEST MAIN ST. AND HENRYTOWN ROAD. CRABTREE COLLECTION PHOTO Vourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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