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 Marion - Hungry Mother State Park717 viewsThis 1957 postcard shows the beach at Hungry Mother State PArk, near Marion.
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 Saltville - Joseph c. Kent716 viewsJOSEPH C. KENT / SALTVILLE'S FIRST CHIEF OF POLICE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Well Fields at Sunset716 viewsDUCKS ON THE POND, FEATURING HUEY, DEWEY AND LOUIE / SALTVILLE, VA. / JAN. 7, 2008. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cmcast.net
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 GHS CLASS OF 1928.jpg715 viewsCourtesy of Judy Alley.
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 lester32.jpg715 viewsThis is a late 1930s photo.
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 tankcars1942.jpg715 viewsThis 1941-42 photo shows tank cars being loaded at the Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville.
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 Konnarock - Entrance to Grindstone Campground715 viewsThis fantastically beautiful camp ground is popular with locals. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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 sodaashbulkloader1942.jpg714 viewsThis is a 1941-42 photo showing some of the industrial processes at Mathieson Alkali Works.
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 mayday1944.jpg714 viewsTHIS WAS JUST WEST OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE BOTTOM WHERE THE FITNESS TRAIL IS NOW LOCATED...JUST PAST THE SALTVILLE MEDICAL CENTER. WHEN THE SCHOOLS WERE THERE THIS AREA WAS THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.

THE PICTURE CAME FROM BILL BOOTH'S COLLECTION AND THE ONLY THING WRITTEN ON THE BACK WAS 1944.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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 Saltville - Cows Grazing714 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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 christiansburgtunnel.jpg713 viewsThis is an 1850s view of the railway tunnel leading into Christiansburg.
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 bonhambrosbees.jpg713 viewsThis 1950 photograph shows bee hives near the Bonham Brothers orchard near Chilhowie, Virginia.
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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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