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 Chatham Hill - Bethel Cemetery637 viewsLOOKING NORTH FROM THE OLD BETHEL CHURCH YARD CEMETERY AT CHATHAM HILL, VA.

FEBRUARY 10, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 blacksburg1918.jpg634 viewsTaken from a 1918 postcard.
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 ccctruck.jpg634 viewsCourtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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 limestonetrucks.jpg634 viewsTHESE TRUCKS HAULED LIMESTONE TO THE PLANT AFTER THE BUCKET LINE WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1968. THEY HAULED THE STONE FOR FOUR YEARS...UNTIL OLIN CLOSED.

PICTURE TAKEN JULY 1971 ON EAST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VA.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 thomasabiajh3.jpg633 viewsPhoto by Scott Trent.
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 McCready - Aerial View633 viewsThis aerial view of McCready's Gap was taken August 28, 1997 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 christiansburgfemale1856.jpg631 viewsThis is one of Lewis Miller's watercolors - this one made in 1856
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 cattlesmythco.jpg631 viewsThis 1916 photograph shows cattle in Smyth County, VA, presumably in Rich Valley.
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 chilhowielumber.jpg631 viewsThis is an early 20th century photo, showing the size of some of the timber in the area at the time.
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 Saltville - Cows Grazing631 viewsCOWS GRAZING IN MEADOW BETWEEN WEST MAIN AND THE HOLSTON RIVER WITH LITTLE MOUNTAIN AND CLINCH MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND. LIGHT POLE IS STANDING IN THE OLD N&W / OLIN RAILWAY YARD JUST WEST OF THE MEDICAL CENTER.Courtesy oif Don Smith -dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Marion - Southwest Virginia State Hospital631 viewsFrom a 1912 postcard.
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 1977flood.jpg630 viewsFLOOD OF APRIL 1977. NOTICE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR THE BATTLEGROUND APARTMENTS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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