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 100_1814.jpg859 viewsThis log cabin is on the grounds of St. John's Lutheran Church in Wytheville. Photo by Jeff Weaver on October 25, 2006.
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 wythevillemain1908.jpg857 viewsThis postcard view was captured in 1908.
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 Fort Chiswell - Anchor and Hope Plantation Marker857 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 molassesjerrysmall.jpg856 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 - Wytheville Hospital856 viewsThis is from a real photo postcard made in the 1930s.
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 Saltville - Baseball Tonight855 viewsTHE 4TH OF JULY PARADE / SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA / 1950. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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 pulaskireservoir.jpg854 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard.
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 cabbageatrr.jpg854 viewsThis 1930s photo shows cabbage being loaded onto railcars at Rural Retreat, VA. Cabbage were a stapple cash crop at this time.
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 TOWNTELEAPRIL1968099.jpg853 viewsThis April 1968 telephoto shot shows five Norfolk & Western diesel engines in Saltville and other railroad stock, as well as a view of West Main Street. Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Aerial View853 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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 Saltville - Still House Hollow853 viewsSTILL HOUSE HOLLOW / NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / JANUARY 1968. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works853 viewsThis John Porter Photo from the late 1930s shows some of the equipment used in the Mathieson Alkali Works.
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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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