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 salt02.jpg656 viewsPostcard of Camp Red Rocks, above Saltville. This was an artist camp for artistically talented boys which operated in the late 1930s.
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 Austinville - Stephen F. Austin Memorial656 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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 Saltville - Hobart Smith Music festival656 views"HOPPY" HOPKINS PERFORMS AT THE HOBART SMITH MUSIC FESTIVAL.

R. B. WORTHY H. S. AUDITORIUM / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 1972

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Chilhowie - Tate House656 viewsLocated on Old Stage Road. This photo by Jeff Weaver, June 19, 2007.
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 MATHIESONSERVICESTATION1962001.jpg655 viewsTHE MATHIESON SERVICE STATION WAS BUILT IN 1922. IT STOOD ON WHAT IS NOW THE RITE AID PROPERTY. IN AUGUST OF 1962 THEY RAZED IT. IN THE PICTURE YOU CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF THE TILE ROOFING HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE STATION LASTED 40 YEARS.

Courtesy of DON SMITH dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 saltkettle71872.jpg655 viewsTHE ORIGINAL SALT KETTLE THEATRE...SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE...JULY 1972....

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043W@comcast.net
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 Allison Gap - Geological Formations655 viewsRidge making ledge of Price Mountain, probably to of Chemung strata, Allison Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date,but circa 1910.

Image from the U.S. Geological Survey
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 blacksburgmain.jpg654 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard.
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 pulaskiepiscopal.jpg654 viewsFrom 1930s postcard.
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 pulaskipresby~0.jpg654 viewsFrom a 1940s era postcard.
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 wythevillepowerplant1906.jpg654 viewsThis is a view of the electric power plant in Wytheville in 1906.
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 Wytheville - Frist Baptist Church654 viewsFrom a 1980s era postcard.
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