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 Konnarock - Lutheran Training School787 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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 thomasabiajh3.jpg786 viewsPhoto by Scott Trent.
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 923.jpg786 viewsThis is a photo of the Wolf Knob School taken in January 1913.
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 bonhambros.jpg784 viewsThis mid-20th century view shows the orchards and packing houses of Bonham Brothers Orchards.
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 ShannonsRock.jpg784 viewsTHIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE (circa 1912) FROM THE BATCH GIVEN TO ME BY LULA SHANNON (on the right) IN THE LATE 60's. IT WAS IN WITH THE PICS OF THE HOUSE WHERE YOU ARE NOW LIVING. NO NAMES WERE WITH THE PICTURES. COULD EITHER OF THE MEN BE DR. EARLY? Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Wytheville - Bird's Eye View784 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard view.
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 McCready - Aerial View784 viewsThis aerial view of McCready's Gap was taken August 28, 1997 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Mouth of Wilson - The Round House784 viewsThis house was built by Dan Idol in 1874. Although called the Round House it is actually octagonal. There was a mini-craze for octagonal houses in the mid-19th century. This is apparently the only one in Grayson County. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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 saltvillepool.jpg783 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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 mtnlake~0.jpg783 viewsThis is a view of Mountain Lake from the hotel on the lake shore. Postcard from the 1950s.
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 EastMainStreetSaltvilleinthe40s(3).jpg783 viewsThis view of East Main Street was made in the 1940s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 wythevillefarmsecene.jpg783 viewsThis is a November 1940 photo showing a farm scene near Wytheville. From the Farm Security Administration files at the Library of Congress.
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