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mtairyquary.jpg333 viewsGranite stone, in particular grave makers, are made from granite quarried near Mount Airy. This is a 1930-45 era postcard. Jul 26, 2007
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Saltville - Helen Williams Barbrow Sign511 viewsHELEN WILLIAMS BARBROW SIGN / WELL FIELDS / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 13, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netJul 25, 2007
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Johnson City - East Tennessee Electric Company288 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the East Tennessee Electric Company's hydo facility near Johnson City.Jul 24, 2007
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Johnson City - Johnson City High School219 viewsFrom a linen era (1930-45) postcard.Jul 24, 2007
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Elizabethton - Main Street446 viewsAnother view of Main Street from a late 1950s postcard.Jul 24, 2007
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Foscoe - Cabbage Field273 viewsIN the 1960s, Watauga County was home to a Kraut cannery, which generated several cabbage fields.Jul 24, 2007
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hiawathabigsix.jpg726 viewsWilliam Lee Taylor, is the gentleman in the front row, extreme right. The other gentlemen and the meaning of "Hiawatha Big Six" is unknown. William Lee Taylor worked for the railroad over in West Virginia and there is a place called Hiawatha, WV, so it may be a railroad work crew or some such. William Lee Taylor was from Montgomery County. Anyone with additional information please contact paraaustin@yahoo.com.
Courtesy of Laurie Austin paraaustin@yahoo.com
Jul 23, 2007
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gorewmmarshall.jpg730 viewsWilliam Marshall Gore. He lived and died in Grayson County. He died in 1899 at 35 years old, having been married 3 times and fathered 7 children. Courtesy of Laurie Austin paraaustin@yahoo.com
Jul 23, 2007
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Abingdon - Holston River309 viewsThis postcard dating from the 1940s shows the Holston River near Abingdon. The river was absolutely critical in the settlement patterns of Washington County. You might be interested in The 1782 Washington County, Virginia Tax ListJul 23, 2007
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Linville - Rock House Camp453 viewsThis circa 1940 postcard shows another of the facilities designed to draw those Americans not affected by the Great Depression to the mountains.Jul 23, 2007
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Linville - Golf At Esseola Inn218 viewsThis circa 1920 postcard shows some early tourists enjoying Golf in the mountains.Jul 23, 2007
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Sparta - Royalton Pipes371 viewsRoyalton Pipes, shown here in a circa 1940 postcard was the precursor of Dr. Grabow pipes.Jul 23, 2007
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