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 Wytheville - Chimney Rock756 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing a closeup of the Chimney Rock.
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 Saltville - Screening Plant756 viewsDISMANTLING THE SCREENING PLANT / OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 wytheville.jpg755 viewsTaken from a 1940s era postcard.
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 ruralretreatpresbyterian1912.jpg755 viewsThis is a 1912 postcard.
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 greystonemanor.jpg755 viewsThis 1920s postcard shows the rear view of the Greystone Manor, home of C. C. Lincoln.
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 saltvilleworkcrew.jpg754 viewsThis late 1930s photo by John Porter shows a work crew probably working on a water line near the Mathieson Company Store.
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 Wytheville - Fish Hatchery754 viewsThis is a 1922 postcard view.
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 Saltville - Aerial View754 viewsThis aerial view of Saltville is looking to the northeast. It was taken in May 1973 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 clarklib.jpg753 viewsLIB AND LOUISE CLARK WALKING TO TOWN ON A COLD, SNOWY JANUARY MORNING IN 1970. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 wytheville_51857.jpg752 viewsThis is a Five dollar note issues by a Wytheville bank in 1857.
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 molassesjerrysmall.jpg752 viewsThis circa. 1920 photo shows traditional mountain molasses making. This photo was taken somewhere in Smyth County, VA.
Courtesy of Jerry Catron, Saltville, VA.
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 Wytheville - 1846 Engraving752 viewsThis engraving of Wytheville is taken from Howe's History of Virginia, published in 1846.
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Email: graysoncountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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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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