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puckettcabin.jpg
 puckettcabin.jpg782 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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 Saltville - Field pf Beans782 viewsField of beans planted along contours so as to prevent washing on steep slopes. Walker Mountain (M 15). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No datembut circa 1910. From the U. S. Geological Survey.
Wythevillemain40s.jpg
 Wythevillemain40s.jpg781 viewsFrom a 1940s era postcard
wythevillelutheran.jpg
 wythevillelutheran.jpg781 views1950s real photo postcard.
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 wt_store.jpg780 viewsWilliam T. Porter b abt 1863 d 13 Apr 1940 and his 1st wife Etta Jane Mallory b 06 Dec 1866 d 12 Nov 1905. This is his store that was located near Fries VA. Children in photo are Verna, Vestal, and Clarence. I don't know who the dark haired woman is.
Courtesy of Terry Porter.
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 NEW_107_HWY102.jpg780 viewsThis photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net is the site of the future Saltville overlook, taken in 1964 while Highway 107 was underconstruction.
konnarockwheat.jpg
 konnarockwheat.jpg780 viewsThis ca. 1920s image shows a group of men cradeling wheat in Konnarock. Two are identified on the extreme left, James Wilson Martin and next to him William Wallace Martin. Courtesy of Pauline Haga.
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 chburgmain1920s.jpg780 viewsThis real photo postcard dates from the early 1920s.
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 Chilhowie - Depot780 viewsThis early 20th century image shows a steam locomtive steaming into Chilhowie. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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 va_saltville1.jpg779 viewsThe town's golf course is seen here in a 1930s era postcard.
wytherocks.jpg
 wytherocks.jpg778 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
CEDARBRANCH1956761.jpg
 CEDARBRANCH1956761.jpg778 viewsTHIS IS THE CEDAR BRANCH AREA LOOKING EAST FROM HWY 91 NEAR WHERE THE BRIDGE CROSSES THE RIVER ON EAST MAIN ST. THE PICTURE WAS MADE IN 1956 AND IS FROM THE WICK LAMIE COLLECTION.

Courtesy of DON SMITH dsmih1043@comcast.net
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