Smyth CountyLocated between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Smyth County has had a profound effect on many aspects of local, state, American, and world history. In Images of America: Smyth County, take a journey back through time and visit the town recently named the "Most Historical Spot in America." Travel across the homestead of the first Virginians, who fought the first recorded battle of the new land, and find out how Smyth County is rewriting the history books. See the racetrack in Smyth County where the "Babe Ruth of NASCAR" took the checkered flag. Tour Civil War sites and homes where Stoneman's Raiders took refuge during battles for the most valuable site of the Confederacy. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 6 |
Chilhowie and Surrounding Communities | 55 |
Saltville and Surrounding Communities | 73 |
Mathieson Alkali Works and The Muck Dam Flood | 89 |
Friends and Neighbors | 105 |
Defenders of Our Freedom | 119 |
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Adwolfe Arthur Campbell Aspenvale Atkins beautiful began Brunswick Corporation building built Charles Wassum Chilhowie High School constructed County's Courtesy Clegg Williams Courtesy Debra Williams Courtesy Dr Courtesy Elizabeth Harkleroad Courtesy Historical Society Courtesy Jimmy Warren Courtesy Kenny Sturgill Courtesy Kimberly Byrd Courtesy Museum courthouse Culbert currently located dedicated depot Elizabeth Henry Campbell employees factory FARM furniture George HASSINGER Highway 11 Holston River hospital Hungry Mother Interstate 81 Jimmy Warren John KONNAROCK LUTHERAN later Lawrence Richardson Madame Russell Main Street Marion & Rye Mathieson Alkali MATHIESON GENERAL STORES MEMORIAL Middle Appalachians mill Millsaps Mother State Park Oak Presbyterian Church Olin Corporation Olin's Palmer Parks-Belk Paul Brown Pictured plant Preston Restaurant Royal Oak Presbyterian Rye Valley Railroad salt Saltville Saltville's Seaver served Seven Mile Ford Smyth County Society of Washington soldiers Southwest Virginia structure Today Town House Twin Diner veterans Victory Theatre WALKING BEAM PUMP Washington County