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wytheville1860.jpg
 wytheville1860.jpg758 viewsThis wood block print shows Wytheville, Virginia. ca. 1850.
queensknob.jpg
 queensknob.jpg758 viewsFrom a circa 1920 postcard.
cabbageatrr.jpg
 cabbageatrr.jpg758 viewsThis 1930s photo shows cabbage being loaded onto railcars at Rural Retreat, VA. Cabbage were a stapple cash crop at this time.
wythevillehospital.jpg
 Wytheville - Wytheville Hospital758 viewsThis is from a real photo postcard made in the 1930s.
wellfields1064.jpg
 Saltville - Well Fields758 viewsTHIS OCTOBER 1964 OLIN PROJECT WAS A REVERSE DRAINAGE DITCH DUG IN THE UPPER WELL FIELD AREA. PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM LAKE DRIVE. LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT TODAY...43 YEARS LATER. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
wythefarm.jpg
 wythefarm.jpg757 viewsTaken from a 1940s era postcard.
saltvillestore.jpg
 saltvillestore.jpg757 viewsThis store was built in 1894 and served Saltville until 1970. This view is from about 1925.
pulaskimain1936.jpg
 pulaskimain1936.jpg757 viewsFrom a 1936 postcard.
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 Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works757 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows an aerial view of the main Mathieson Alkali Works facilities along the banks of the North Fork of Holston River in Saltville.
BASEBALLTONIGHT.jpg
 Saltville - Baseball Tonight757 viewsTHE 4TH OF JULY PARADE / SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA / 1950. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
carricobridge.jpg
 Fries - Carrico Memorial Bridge757 viewsCarrico Memorial Bridge on State Rd.94, Fries P.O. Grayson Co.VA.
Photo by David Arnold
costoregrocery.jpg
 costoregrocery.jpg756 viewsThis is a view of the Grocery Department of the Mathieson Alkali Works Company Store. From the 1922 Alkalite
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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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