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 w4.jpg743 viewsThis postcard dates from 1923.
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 Saltville - Golf Course743 viewsMOST OF THE ROW OF SILVER POPLARS THAT STOOD BESIDE NO. 3 FAIRWAY AND PALMER AVENUE HAD DIED AND HAD TO BE CUT. THESE TREES WERE ABOUT 65 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE CUT MARCH 29, 2007.

THEY CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PICTURE OF ONE OF THE LAST WELL HOUSES TAKEN IN 1967 WHICH IS ON THIS SITE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Chilhwie - H. L. Bonham House743 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 16, 2007.
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 ruralretreat~0.jpg742 viewsThe railroad line near Rural Retreat is shown here. The Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad first built the road through this area in 1855. This section of road is now operated by Norfolk and Western.
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 Saltville March 1964742 viewsThis March 1964 photo shot looking east from Main Street, shows the company store in the center of the shot (red building), the train depot slightly to the left, and the bank further to the left. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 valleypikeinn.jpg741 viewsFrom 1960s postcard.
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 wythevillemain1908.jpg740 viewsThis postcard view was captured in 1908.
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 stpaulschurch1908.jpg740 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
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 Fort Chiswell - Anchor and Hope Plantation Marker740 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Saltville - Beaver Creek Flood of 1972740 viewsBEAVER CREEK AT FLOOD / NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 homecoming1966.jpg739 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 cannon.jpg738 viewsTHIS IS WHERE THE CANNON ON THE TOWN HALL LAWN USED TO BE. IT WAS MOVED WHEN OLIN BUILT THE COMPUTER CENTER WHICH NOW HOUSES THE BANK OF MARION. THE MOVE TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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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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