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Christiansburg - Main Street125 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1940s.
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Ivanhoe Furnace,87 viewsEarly 20th Century shot of the Ivanhoe Furnace, Wythe County, VA.
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Edgewater - Sulphur Springs Methodist Church139 viewsThis church closed in 1955, and the building near Mouth of Wilson is currently used as a barn. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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Gold Hill - Gold Hill Baptist Church69 viewsThis is a relatively new meeting house for this congregation. A photo of the old building maybe found elsewhere on this website. Click here for a survey of the New Gold Hill Cemetery Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Spencer, Horton and Emma Blevins186 viewsHorton Spencer was the adopted son of Ambrose Spencer and Ruth Walton. Emma Blevins was the daughter of Joseph Horton Blevins and Elzina Sarah Weaver, and the granddaughter of Eli Whitney Weaver and Mary Ashley. The children are: Dale Spencer (1901-1956) who married Raymond McKinley Weaver; Paul Spencer (infant, above), Fannie Spencer, who married Olen Edward Hoppers, and Dent Spencer. A fifth child, William Spencer, was born after this photo was taken about 1910. Courtesy of Clayton D. Weaver.
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Jones, William Edmundson97 viewsW. E. "Grumble" Jones resided at Glade Spring, VA and was a Bridgadier General in the Confederate States Army.
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Saltville - Snow Town104 viewsMerry Christimas from Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Mount Airy - Southern Railroad Depot64 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1916.
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Brumley Gap - North Fork of Holston River13 viewsPhoto by Don Smith April 23, 2008 [email]dsmith1043@comcast.net[.email]Apr 27, 2008
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Helton - Greenwood Methodist Church24 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2003.Apr 18, 2008
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Grassy Creek - Helton Knob21 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 20, 2003.Apr 18, 2008
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Saltville - Museum of the Middle Appalachians26 viewsPhoto by Don Smith dsmith10443@comcast.net on April 5, 2008 at the grand opening of the expanded Museum of the Middle Appalachians. From left Tom Louthen and David Catron.Apr 18, 2008
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Fries - Jam Session April 17, 200819 viewsThursday night "Jam Session" at Big Daddy's Restaurant, Fries town, Grayson Co. Photo--David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.netApr 18, 2008
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Blowing Rock - Tweetsie Railroad Trestle23 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.Apr 16, 2008
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Salrville - Post Office and Harry Dunham30 viewsHARRY S. DUNHAM OF SALTVILLE, VA. AT AGE 12...STANDING IN FRONT OF SALTVILLE'S THIRD POST OFFICE IN 1918. THIS POST OFFICE WAS BUILT ABOUT WHERE CARLTON CHAPMAN'S FIRST CHOICE FLOWER SHOP IS PRESENTLY LOCATED. HARRY WAS BORN DEC. 4, 1906 AND DIED ON JAN. 8, 2001 AT THE AGE OF 94.
THE FIRST POST OFFICE WAS LOCATED IN THE "OLD STORE" AT THE LOWER END OF SMOKEY ROW. THE SECOND POST OFFICE WAS IN THE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE NEAR THE MEAT MARKET. THE FOURTH ONE WAS MOVED A COUPLE OF DOORS UP THE STREET FROM THE ONE PICTURED. FROM THERE, POST OFFICE NUMBER FIVE WAS LOCATED IN A BUILDING WITH THE BOWLING ALLEY, JAIL AND POLICE STATION.
NUMBER SIX WAS BUILT IN 1931 AND WAS USED UNTIL 1966. THIS BUILDING CURRENTLY HOUSES THE SALTVILLE LIBRARY.
IN 1966, THE PRESENT DAY POST OFFICE WAS OPENED FOR BUSINESS. Coirtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cmcast.net
Apr 16, 2008
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Blevins, Emp37 viewsShe was the daughter of David Blevins and Nancy Jacks.Apr 16, 2008
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