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 tottenchester.jpg831 viewsTHIS IS CHESTER TOTTEN CRUISING THE PARKING LOT IN HIS PINK AND CREAM '59 LINCOLN CONVERTIBLE IN MARCH OF 1963.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 mphendersonstore.jpg831 viewsJohn Porter photograph from the late 1930s.
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 TOWNDUDESTORE192.jpg831 viewsThis photo was taken September 7, 1969 by Don Smith. dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 100_1813.jpg831 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 wattsbottomironfurnace.jpg831 viewsThis Iron Furnace is located just north of Ivanhoe near State Rt. 94 at "Watt's Bottom", Wythe County. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 chlorineplant.jpg831 viewsOLIN CHLORINE PLANT / ALLISON GAP / RED ROCK / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1969. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 000_0036.jpg830 viewsThis statue is located in Elizabeth Cemetery in Saltville.
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 saltwells1910.jpg830 viewsThis 1910 postcard shows the well fields in Saltville which were the points where brine was pumped for the various chemical applications at Mathieson Alkali Works. This postcard was published by G. P. Phipps of Glade Spring, VA.
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 000_0655.JPG830 viewsPhoto summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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 wellfieldsflood.jpg830 viewsFLOOD OF MARCH 1963 RAISED THE WATER LEVEL IN THE WELL FIELDS. THE PICTURE WAS MADE WHERE LAKE DRIVE INTERSECTS WITH PALMER LOOKING SOUTH.

IN 1963, THERE WAS A SMALL POND TO THE LEFT OF PALMER AVENUE WHERE THE SOFTBALL FIELD NOW SITS. AS YOU CAN SEE, PALMER WAS IMPASSABLE AND FOR A FEW DAYS THE PONDS WERE QUITE LARGE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 saltvillefootball1930s.jpg830 viewsThis is a photo of the 1937 Saltville Football team by John Porter.
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 Saltville - R. B. Worthy High School830 viewsR. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL / SALTVILLE, VA. / JUNE 1973 / 200MM TELEPHOTO FROM HILL BEHIND MADAM RUSSELL CHURCH. 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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