Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
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1905 postal receipt for Haran Post Office, signed by “D. Kittinger, postmaster”.
Family of John and Sarah (Hayes) Harris. L to R: Sarah Jane, William, Lutie, Susie, Elisha, George, John, Eliza, and Benjamin. The family lived in the Back Creek section of Roanoke County.
Mountain burial in family cemetery, probably Martin-Simpson cemetery near Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.
Louisa (Martin) and Daniel Simpson. The Simpsons lived on Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.
Home and family of Daniel Simpson on Martins Creek in Southwest Roanoke County.
William and Mary Katherine (Poage) Grisso residents of Cave Spring section in Southwest Roanoke County.
Home of John and Susie (Harris) Grisso in Cave Spring, Roanoke County. The home burned in 1946.
R.T. Fralin, Sr., Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Fralin barn on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Fralin home on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.
Riley T. Fralin, Sr, and Jr. at intersection of Ran Lynn Drive and Poage Valley Road.
Aunt Nadine Henderson takes nephews and nieces for an afternoon ride in Back Creek. Standing L to R: Bobby, Nadine, David and Charles Ed Henderson; On horse L to R: Paige Riley, Ray Henderson Corky, Barbara & Kay Henderson, Brent Riley.
Youth in front of Haran Baptist Church. Front row, L to R: Gaynelle Simpson, Shirley Rierson; Second row, L to R: Preston Webster, Ruby Kirkwood, Nelson Simpson; Back row, L to R: Jimmy Kirkwood, Lorene Simpson, Polly Rierson, Norris Webster
Omer C. Simpson. Simpson lived on Martins Creek Road.
First row, L to R: Albert Turner, ? Webster; Second row, L to R: Janette Turner, Nelson Simpson, ?, O.C. Simpson, Jr., Third row, L to R: Francis Simpson, Colleen Grubb, Christine Simpson, Beatrice Peters, ?, Lorene Simpson; Back row, L to R: Vinson Simpson, Raymond Martin, Arlee Turner, Evelyn Webster, Cornelia Simpson, Ralph Martin, Lester Turner; taken on Martins Creek Road.
Hazel Tinsley and Mauvieleen S. Altis in front of Back Creek Elementary School.
W.F. Bolton's 8th grade class at Back Creek School.
L to R: Joe Beard, Effie Beard, Mauvieleen Stanley, Nannie Bracy, Edna Altis, Mary Altis, Nannie Altis, Clarence Altis, Clara Altis, Willie Bracy
L to R: Joe Beard, Mildred Beard, Charles Altis, Effie Beard, Willie Bracy, Mauvieleen Stanley, Clarence Altis
Front row, L to R: William Gilford Christley Jr., Ivy Mae Christley, Louise Christley, William Gilford Christley Sr., Grant Christley; Back row, L to R: Monroe Christley, Elsie Christley, Milan Christley, Glenna Christley, Bertha Christley, Arlen Christley
Front row, L to R: Louise Christley Williams, George Franklin Christley, Iva Mae Christley Ferguson, Elsie Christley, Bertha Christley, ?, Back row, L to R: Bill Christley, Pauline Christley, Monroe Christley, Thora Christley, Milan Christley, Margaret Christley, Arlen Christley, Glenna Christley Millward, Melvin G. Christley, Claude Christley
Former Elijah Poage store/warehouse on Old Mill Road in Poages Mill.
Photo taken in front of the Christley Homeplace on Mt. Chestnut Road in Roanoke County; Seated L to R: Margaret Powell Christley, Arlen F. “Pete” Christley; Standing, L to R: Keith B. Christley, Warren Christley, Joyce Christley Clowers, Michael Christley, Arlen G. “Jerry” Christley.
Back Creek High School. L to R: Gertie Hopper, Glenna Christley, Camile Lavender, Cleda Grisso, Elsie Christley; man at back is Shelton Gates.
Back Creek High School. Pictured are: Teachers Grant McGhee, Elsie Kennedy and Ann Hogan McGhee, George Beach, Paul Ferguson, Bowman Ferguson, Clifton Grisso, Wilson Moser, Edwin Garner, Aaron Martin, Clayton Tinnell Sr., Kenneth Grisso, Carl Wade, Howard Bohon, Cleda Grisso, Gay Beckner, Aubrey Kesseler, Ernestine Cawley, Melvin Grisso, Evelyn Kesseler, Irene McIntruff, Leonard Kingery, Doris Agee, Monroe Christley, Ruth Saunders, Beulah Riley. Order unknown
Reed’s Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Marvin P. “Fats” Reed at the counter in Reed's Store at the intersection of Martins Creek Road and Route 221.
Rock store near Poage Farm on Route 221.
Back Creek Elementary School under re-construction.
L to R: Ned Martin, Omer .C. Simpson, Jr., Charles Day and Gordon Willett (background) at Haran Baptist Church.
The woman sitting in the wagon is Annie Blankenship Martin, the man at right is Olvin Martin; American Chestnut in background; photo probably taken in Martins Creek Road area of Roanoke County. All others unidentified.
Photo taken at Thelma Willett’s home. Seated front, L to R: Marilyn Givens, Norma Jean Martin; Seated middle, L to R: Mae Austin Martin, Pearl Martin Wertz; Standing, L to R: Edith Martin Filson, Dorothy Martin Bass.
Alfonso Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.
Tilden Hendrix Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.
Omer C. Simpson, Jr., Christine Simpson, Lorene Simpson, residents of Martins Creek Road.
Nelson Simpson, a resident of Martins Creek Road. Photo probably taken at home of his parents O.C. and Mary Simpson.
L to R: Tilden H. Martin, Gertrude Martin Duling, Alfonso Martin, Otey Martin.
Back row, far left Annie Blankenship Martin, Olvin Martin; far right Louisa Martin, Daniel N. Simpson. Photo taken in front of the Martin-Simpson homeplace on Martins Creek Road. All others unidentified.
Olvin Martin home, built in 1877, was located on Martins Creek Road.
Tilden Martin and Lamar Martin barn on Martins Creek Road.
Idle band saw at Lamar Martin farm on Martins Creek Road.
Raleigh “Buck” Owens' spray engine for use in orchard.
Omer Simpson barn on Martins Creek Road.
Home of Mary (Mollie) Poage across the creek from the Poage farm on Route 221.
1840 deed for 66 acres belonging to Jane Poage as part of land granted to her from her father, John Poage.
Sarah Rettinger Henry (left) and Nannie Rettinger Grisso.
James and Sarah Henry and three daughters in Poages Mill area.
Back Creek School girls basketball team. Pictured are Margaret Henry Hartman and Mildred Henry Dimond. All others unidentified.
Back Creek School students. Pictured are Principal Grant McGee, teacher Ann Hogan, who later married McGee. All others unidentified.
First Mormon chapel in Southwest Roanoke County, located on Bearing Road.
W.L. and Icie Wade (seated center) Family.
Ferguson sisters (top) and Christley home on Mt. Chestnut.
L to R: Rachel Ferguson, Walter Ferguson, Ocieola Ferguson, Isadora Ferguson, Ivie Ferguson, Charles Ferguson, James Ferguson, William H. Ferguson
Top photo, pictured: Jim Ferguson, Ivie Ferguson, Herbert Henderson, Maggie Ferguson, Margaret Rachel Ferguson, William H. Ferguson, Bertha Wade, Henry Wade . Bottom photo, pictured L to R: Ivie Ferguson, Jim Ferguson, Icie Ferguson, Aunt Paulina, Margaret Rachel Ferguson, Uncle Barney, Maggie Ferguson (in chair).
Margaret Rachel Owens Ferguson and William H. Ferguson.
1. Isadora Ferguson Wade, 2. William Lee Wade, 3. Oren Wade, 4. Henry Wade, 5. Barney Owens. Photo was taken at the apple orchard at the Wade home. All others unidentified.
Deed to Pine Hill School, formerly located on Twelve O’Clock Knob Road.
Portion of rock wall, built by Ralph Henry’s great grandfather, along Corntassel Lane. The wall still exists today.
Packing label for L.D. Bell and T.M. Bell at Poages Mill.
Poage Family in front of engine on farm. L to R: Harvey Poage, Bill Poage, Lee Poage, Lucy Poage
Charlie Poage, son of William Poage, with team of horses in front of Poage farmhouse on Route 221.
Unidentified children at Back Creek School.
6th graders in Back Creek School classroom.
Miss Annie Bohon sells ice cream during lunch at Back Creek Elementary School. The ice cream cooler was inside the front door of the school.
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School. Ann Hogan w/tie upper left of group (principal/teacher),
Turner home on Martins Creek Road in its final days.
Johnnie and Bertha Grubb making apple butter.
Ed Sloan, auctioneer, with Harold Ferguson in background
L to R: Henry Lee Poage (1891-1960), Arthur Seibert “Ott” Poage (1897-1971), Harvey Claytor Poage (1893-1928) in front of Poage farmhouse
L to R: Arthur “Ott” Poage, Henry Lee Poage, Charles Claytor Poage (1848-1931), Harvey Claytor Poage, David Meador
Wheeler and Bessie Beckner in front of home, presently located at 7041 Cotton Hill Road
Wheeler and Bessie Beckner and John Steele (left) at home on Cotton HIll Road. They logged timber for railroad ties.
Mildred and Roscoe Meador wedding photo; Wheeler Beckner on porch.
Grandle Meador, Tina, Alice and Buddy Welcher at Beckner home.
Aerial view of Route 419 under construction at Chaparral Drive; Penn Forest Boulevard at bottom.
Aerial view looking north at Route 419 construction. The house and barn were located at the current site of the Roanoke County Administrative Offices on Bernard Drive. The earth moving equipment is at the current intersection of Route 419 and Bernard Road.
Aerial view showing Green Valley Elementary School, upper right.
Aerial view to the northeast of current Route 419 at intersection with Ogden Road. Ogden Road is seen at the top of the photo. At top, right is Ogden Elementary School. The area to the right of the railroad tracks is Cox Communications and Old Country Plaza on Fallowater Lane and Starkey Road. The area above the railroad tracks and behind Ogden Elementary is now Honeywood Apartments. Green Valley subdivision is now located in the area in the bottom left.
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Arlene Stanley on porch.
BM 148 Clarence Altis and Robert Carroll
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Clarence Altis (left) and Robert Carroll.
House owned by Mrs. Saul, who lived at Starkey; torn down in the 1970s; across from Haran Baptist Church. Stanley family moved there in 1943. Photo taken on Easter Sunday shows Roma Stanley (left) and Clarence Altice.
Mauvieleen Altis, Robert Carroll and Arlene Stanley.
Arlene Stanley and Clara Altis at Back Creek Elementary School.
L to R: Martha Tinsley, Alrene Stanley, ?, Mauvieleen Altis, Hazel Tinsley, Ethel Stump.
Charlie and Minnie Altis home, formerly located on road leading into Old Mill Plantation subdivision from Route 221.
Charlie amd Minnie Altis with Forrest and Florence Sloan.
Charlie Altis in his apple orchard on hill behind Altice home.
Sarah and Ballard Martin in front of home. Ballard was a carpenter and farmer.
Hubert Earl Harris & Ola Agee Harris lived where Starkey ball fields are today.
James C. Fralin being baptized in Back Creek at Poages Mill in 1925 by Chris Eller, Brethren minister.
Lucy Dyer Poage, Molly Gregson, Jeff Gregson, making apple butter at home in the Poages Mill area.
Mary Catherine “Molly” Poage, Sara Poage (standing, left), Harvey Poage (standing, right), Lee Poage (on lap).
Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.
Kittinger Chapel was located on Landmark Circle in Roanoke County. It was razed in the early 2000s.
Ruby Holt in front of Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.
Home of Dr. E.O. Tinsley on Bent Mountain. The home was called “Sunny Side”. Tinsley’s office was located on right, front corner of porch. The home was on Tinsley Lane. It was razed in the 2000s.
Col. Fletcher Holt with a snake around his neck. Holt was a taxidermist on Bent Mountain
Clyde Bohon, who bought Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.
Col. Fletcher Holt in his store on Bent Mountain.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church on Route 221, Bent Mountain.
May Court at Bent Mountain High School. May Queen (far right) is Carrie Marie Bell; Maid to the Queen (second from right) is Mamie Logan; crown bearer is John Poff, flower girl is Jean Ferguson; Maids are Laura Metz, Bertha Janney, Betty Sisson, Doris Bell, Mildred Logan, Pearlie Wimmer, Doris Reed, and Ruby Holt (order is not provided on photo)
Marble players at Bent Mountain School. L to R: Hilton King, Herbert Craighead, Namon Conner, Arnold Mills, Melvin Manning (school champion), Harold Thompson, Fletcher Wimmer.
Reed’s Store after the 1948 addition of Dairy Diner, located at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Interior of Reed's Store, located at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Baptism of Mary Ann Conner, wife of G.W. Conner, by Elder Leonard Brammer of the Laurel Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, at Fralin home.
Laurel Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn Road.
Bellview Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn Road.
Hezekiah Lavinder (seated) and his family at their home (located at entrance to Bridlewood, home still standing) off of Route 221.
Elders of Pigg River Primitive Baptist Association at Basham Church in Stewartsville, Virginia.
Rendering of original log Laurel Ridge Church by Joey Meador.
Present-day residence that was the former Haran School, located at 7910 Bent Mountain Road.
Ralph Henry of the Back Creek Baseball Team. Uniform says Finnell’s, as Finnell & Sons sponsored the team.
Spectators at Back Creek Elementary School for Back Creek baseball game.
“Heading the Barrels” at Doc Ferguson’s orchard. L to R: George Yates, Ben Owens, Mr. Minnix, A. Bohon, Doc Ferguson, Will Hokles, Wiley Lavinder.
Mount Union Church of the Brethren on Bent Mountain. The original 1896 church building is seen. Rev. Oscar Fike (right) and his parents are on the front steps.
Brethren baptism in a creek in Floyd County.
Reed's Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.
Lula Cole Reed, mother of Marvin “Fats” Reed, at Reed’s Store.
Two unidentified persons at Reed's Store.
House across road from Reed's Store on Route 221. The house was formerly the Haran School.
Fruit Growers Telephone Exchange (was also Luther Bell’s store) located on Landmark Circle in Roanoke County.
Back Creek School, back row L to R: Bernice Harmon, Charlie Blankenship, Lonzie Janney, Dempsey Grisso, Dean Dores; Second row, L to R: Buster Webster, Edison Likens, Isaac Sutphin, Grover Sink, Harry Cannaday, Grant Christley; Front row, L to R: Keith Kittinger, Homer Clemons, Roy Cannaday, Ernest Altice, Elmo Clemmons, Wally Marlow
School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.
Sophomore Class at Back Creek School: L to R: Billy Agee, Jane Coon, Edmund Chamberlain, Douglas Grisso, Louis Grisso, Hazel Henderson, John Jones, Mildred Jones, Lotherine Lavinder, Sara Lee Poage, Evelyn Webster
Back Creek High School, Junior Class, Front row, L to R: Nancy Poage, Pete Christley, Herbert Henderson, Jr., Norman Lavinder, Mary Bowling; Back row, L to R: Bertha Christley, Carl Wade, Bertha Bohon, Martha Jane Henry
May Day at Back Creek School, L to R: Catherine Bowling, Frances Grubb, Frances Gill, Lotherine Lavinder (Queen), Josephine Grisso, Evelyn Webster; in the front is crown-bearer Nadine Henderson
School – probably the old log school house first used for Haran School before larger facility was built.
Back Creek High School 4-H Club, L to R: Mildred Bohon, Jane Coon, Josephine Grisso, Geraldine Grubb, Hazel Henderson, Mildred Jones, Sue Lane, Nancy Poage, Sara Lee Poage, Emily Rierson, Cornelia Simpson, Evelyn Webster, Irma Wright
Haran School, front row, L to R: Blanche Ferguson, Robert Ferguson, Billy Bohon, Geneva Poage, Francis Martin, Mae Agee, Mamie Agee, Mina Day, Gladys Bohon, Claude Puckett, Omer Puckett, Floyd Bohon; Second row, L to R: Lela Jenny, Nellie Ferguson, Clossie Webster, unidentified; Third row, L to R: Gertie Reynolds, Julie Reynolds, Mattie Bohon, Snow Jenny, Rosa Agee, unidentified, Deway Webster, Ivan Martin, Lamar Martin, Johnnie Grubb, Grace Pittard; Back row, L to R: Roosevelt Grubb, McKinley Grubb, Dewey Webster, Fonso Grubb, Crystal Ferguson
Roland Ferguson School, located on Twelve O’Clock Knob Road. The teacher was Mildred (Edd) Bell, sister-in-law of Tom and Luther Bell; #1 is Ocie Ferguson, #2 is Icie Ferguson, #3 is Jim Ferguson
Ink sketch of Kittinger Chapel, artist unknown.
Sally Lewis, resident of Poages Mill area.
Charcoal drawing of Elmore Martin. Martin served with the 28th Virginia Infantry, CSA. He died in the war.
Grisso Family, L to R: Ellis Grisso, Mary Grisso, Susie (Harris) Grisso, Price Grisso (small child), John H. Grisso.
Erecting telephone poles and wire in Back Creek area.
Unidentified man examining remnants of splintered oak tree struck by lightning on J.H. Grisso farm, the strike of which killed J.H. Grisso
Aerial view of Back Creek Orchard Company at foot of Bent Mountain; owned by Woodrum family, R.S. Stearnes, Dr. E.W. Senter, Jack Kefauver and Clinton Craighead
Dr. Edward Tinsley ready to start rounds on horseback. His house is in background. Tinsley practiced from 1890 to 1940 in the Bent Mountain area.
Enjoying a spin in a Metz car. L to R: Neva, Vera, Elba, Raymond, and Alton Reed.
Native American mortar and grinding stone found near Cave Spring, owned by M.A. Janney
Luther Bell, board of supervisors member representing Cave Spring.
Roanoke County Book Mobile in front of the Roanoke Count Public Library.
Grant Plaza at Cave Spring, located at 3901 Brambleton Avenue.
Ola Agee Harris and Hubert E. Harris lived in the Starkey area.
Sarah and Ballard Martin in front of home. Home is presently located on Shingle Ridge Road, off of Cotton Hill Road. Grandson Damon Martin is in buggy.
L to R: Alonzo Lockett, Callie Harris Lockett, Pattie Martin at home formerly located across from the old Starkey School.
Hubert Harris on Salem Avenue in Downtown Roanoke.
Callie Lockett (seated), L to R: Carol Harris, Alonzo Lockett, Hubert Harris, David Harris, Dorothy Harris
Callie Lockett (nee Harris). She did not cut her hair after age 16, as she thought it sinful to do so.
Harris homeplace along Route 221. It was razed when highway was widened.
Central Baptist Church, Vacation Bible School. Rev. Arnold Williams is in suit at far left.
Fralin’s produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
Home of Elbe and Essie Reed, located behind Reed’s Store.
1936 Graduating Class of Bent Mountain High School; Standing, L to R: Raymond Carr, George Powell, Homer Reed; Seated, L to R: Elois King, Margaret Jamison
Reed’s Orchard operation at intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Tinsley Lane. The apple packing shed in photo was built in 1933.
Aerial view of Reed’s Orchard, located at the intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Tinsley Lane. The house was built by the Woodrum Family, bought by Homer Reed in 1948 and closed as a commercial orchard in 1995.
Snow being plowed at Coles Egg Farm after a big snow on Bent Mountain.
Elbe Reed in his store (right) on Route 221. The man at left is unidentified, but possibly a salesman. The store also served as Bent Mountain Post Office.
Faculty Group at Bent Mountain School; L to R: Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Brook Alderman, ?, Mr. Woods (principal), Ann McGee, Viva Bowles.
Student group at Bent Mountain School, mostly unidentified, though it does contain Virginia Walters and Cassie Fralin
John Philip Austin at his home located across Route 221 from Mt. Union Church of the Brethren. Austin was the first person to have heart by-pass surgery at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
John and Virginia Walters Austin sitting on front porch of home with grandchildren.
Back Creek Elementary School; L to R: Marie Sloan, ?, ?, Gaynelle Simpson, ?
Play at Poages Mill Church of the Brethren; L to R: Eddy Grisso, Curt Mowles, Norvell Hurt, Dick Agee, Daisy Long
House along Route 221, formerly across from Haran Baptist Church.The Stanley Family moved there in 1943. It was razed in late 1960s.
Back Creek School; L to R: Ethel Stump, Mauvieleen Stanley, Lorene Underwood, Martin Tinsley, Arlene Stanley.
Mauvieleen Stanley on Route 221 in area of Haran Baptist Church.
Stanley Family in snow in the Haran area.
L to R: Clarence Altis, Mauvieleen Stanley, Ida Stanley, Gaye Stanley. The hill behind them is where the King’s Forest subdivision is today along Route 221.
Diane Altis on pick-up in Back Creak area.
Reno Restaurant card, formerly located in Starkey area on Crystal Creek Road.
Roland Ferguson and family in front of their house. The house is located at 5109 Twelve O’Clock Knob Road.
“40 Acres” home postcard, Bent Mountain.
Back Creek School faculty photo; L to R: Ella Clark Henry, Rufus Henry, Mary Turner.
Henry P. McGuire of Cave Spring in J.L. Dishong fruit and vegetable wagon.
Postcard of Cave Spring Baptist Church, showing parsonage and sanctuary.
Ott and Lucy Poage at a dance at Back Creek Elementary School.
Poff’s Garage, Route 221, Bent Mountain.
Bent Mountain Mutual Telephone Company stock certificate.
A vacant Christo Evangelical Wesleyan Church in the Bottom Creek area.
A vacant Bottom Creek Church of the Brethren.
Former Elbe Reed store and Bent Mountain Post Office on Route 221 in process of being razed.
Fralin's Produce along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
Ruby and Allen Stone at Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
Stone’s Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
Fletcher Wimmer working on family farm. The Wimmers had large cabbage fields. Their farm bordered the Blue Ridge Parkway near the spur road to Bent Mountain.
Bent Mountain Hunting Club. The old club building was located on Callaway Road, off of Route 221 just past Blue Ridge Parkway overpass. Standing, L to R: Will Wimmer, C.F. Holt, Walter Overfelt, Dewey Holt, Doug Lancaster, ?, Woodrow Reed, Jake Hurst, ?, Lank Alderman All others unidentified.
Unidentified musicians entertain inside clubhouse of Bent Mountain Hunting Club.
Bent Mountain Hunting Club cabin on Calloway Road, later burned and was replaced with a cinderblock building. Will Wimmer on far right.
Bent Mountain Hunting Club members ready for a hunt, location unknown.
Marshal Conner’s Bent Mountain Apple Shed produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.
King Brothers’ saw mill, formerly located in the Bottom Creek area. The mill was powered by steam engine. Logs were hauled to the site by oxen and horses.
Grisso-Gates School building, located on property of 5321 S. Roselawn Road in Cave Spring.
Dr. Joseph A. Gale, a physician at Cave Spring in 1880s.
Dr. Joseph Gale’s office in Cave Spring.
Dr. Joseph Gale’s home in Cave Spring, later owned by Dr. White.
Former store of Clem and Mae Conner along Route 221.
Omer Simpson (right) with son, Francis, cutting hay. Simpson's farm was located on Martins Creek Road.
L to R: Nelson Simpson, Omer C. Simpson, Omer C. Simpson Jr., Francis Simpson and unidentified man stacking hay in field. Simpson farm was located on Martins Creek Road.
Bent Mountain Hunting Club. Back row, L to R: Ruben Holt, Dewey Holt, Will Wimmer; Front row, L to R: Ralph Metz, Howard Nichols, Raymond Wimmer
L to R: Marvin, Jesse, and Betty Conner picking apples in Thompson orchard on Bent Mountain.
B.G. Finnell & Sons store on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.
Finnell’s Pool on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.
B.G. Finnell, Sr. in front of his store.
Belleview Primitive Baptist Church on Roselawn Road.
Rierson's Store. This was the original store that stood where Back Creek Elementary School stands today on Route 221.
Temporary Rierson's Store that was used after old store was razed and before new store was built.
Flier promoting "Old Time Fiddler's Convention" at Back Creek School.
Flier promoting a music festival at the "new" Back Creek High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Rierson 50th Wedding Anniversary photo.
Aerial view of Roanoke Look Out Lodge Gift Shop along Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.
Roanoke Look Out Gift Shop on Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.
George M. Burris (right) on a hay wagon, Bent Mountain.
Aerial view of Cave Spring High School and Cave Spring Baptist Church.
Marvin Thompson (sitting on barrel) and Guy Conner in Woodrum Orchard.
Poages Mill baseball team, #1, R.C. Wertz, #2 O.L. Grisso, #3 John Wertz, #4 Bill Grisso, #5 Ott Wertz, #6 Walt Henry, #7 E.B. Martin, #8 John Bowles, #9 R.C. Henry
Bessie Beckner (left) and Essie Mae Beckner.
Col. Holt’s store and house on Bent Mountain. Dr. Hurt’s car is parked in front.
Annie Vest and Helen Williams in front of Oswald L. Williams' Store on Bent Mountain.