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Construction of the Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.

Construction of the Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.

Construction of the Main Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.

Home located at 1225 3rd Street SW.

The Philip Levy Exchange Company furniture store caught fire for the second time on 31 August 1928. The first fire occurred the previous year and only caused minor damage. This fire would prove more disastrous. Philip Levy Exchange Company was…

The Philip Levy Exchange Company furniture store caught fire for the second time on 31 August 1928. The first fire occurred the previous year and only caused minor damage. This fire would prove more disastrous. Philip Levy Exchange Company was…

The Philip Levy Exchange Company furniture store caught fire for the second time on 31 August 1928. The first fire occurred the previous year and only caused minor damage. This fire would prove more disastrous. Philip Levy Exchange Company was…

The Philip Levy Exchange Company furniture store caught fire for the second time on 31 August 1928. The first fire occurred the previous year and only caused minor damage. This fire would prove more disastrous. Philip Levy Exchange Company was…

The Philip Levy Exchange Company furniture store caught fire for the second time on 31 August 1928. The first fire occurred the previous year and only caused minor damage. This fire would prove more disastrous. Philip Levy Exchange Company was…

East side of 2nd Street NE and Madison Avenue. I-581 runs through this area today.

Madison Avenue east from 2nd Street NE. I581 runs through this area today.

Point where Chapman Avenue forks off of Campbell Avenue

Removal of street railways on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Removal of street railways on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Removal of street railways on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Removal of street railways on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Removal of street railways on Campbell Avenue at the intersection with Jefferson Street.

Looking south from Highland Park.

Looking west on Norfolk Avenue.

Shenandoah Avenue and Centre Avenue. Norfolk & Western General Offices visible in background.

Ridgewood Manor House, was built by industrialist Samuel H. McVitty. It is located at 1900 South Clearing Road just above Ridgewood Farms Shopping Center.

Jog intersection at Highland Avenue and Franklin Road. Beth Israel Synagogue visible.

Located near Mt. Union village on the headwaters of Tinker Creek in Botetourt County, the Bryan McDonald house was built in 1766.

Houses along Richelieu Avenue in Crystal Spring.

Southern States Motor Freight truck parked on the 100 block of Campbell Avenue.

Swans in the pond once located in Elmwood Park.

Terry House, formerly located in Elmwood Park. The Terry House was gifted to the City of Roanoke in 1921 for use a library. It operated in this capacity until a new library was built in 1952.

Japanese Magnolia in Elmwood Park.

Jog intersection at Church Avenue and 5th Street.

Looking north on 10th Street from Madison Avenue.

2nd Street NE at the intersection of Lick Run.

Derelict homes along Lynchburg(Orange) Avenue. Exact location unknown.

Looking east on Lynchburg (Orange) Avenue.

A view in Elmwood Park.

A view of 2nd Street NE between Walker Avenue and Rutherford Avenue.

Looking east on Rorer Avenue from 5th Street.

Looking west on Wells Avenue.

Jog intersection at Franklin Road and Mountain Avenue.

Looking west at the 500 block of Bullitt Avenue.

Looking east on Church Avenue from 3rd Street. Post office (now Commonwealth Building) is under construction at right.

Looking east on Church Avenue from 3rd Street. Post office (now Commonwealth Building) is under construction at right.

Looking up Crystal Spring Avenue from roughly 23rd Street.

Intersection of 2nd Street and Rutherford Avenue NE.

The home of Edward L. Stone of Stone Printing and Manufacturing, formerly located at 210 Mountain Avenue.

2nd Street NE at Lick Run.

Jog at Wells Avenue NW.

View of Walker Avenue at the intersection with 2nd Street NE.

Unidentified children at Lick Run along 2nd Street NE.

A view of Furnace Row on Tinker Creek, once roughly located at Orange Avenue and Rhodes Avenue.

Looking toward Albemarle from the 6th Street intersection.

Looking west an Albemarle Avenue SE at the 6th Street intersection.

Entrance to Hollins College.

Located adjacent to and east of Fairview Cemetery along Melrose Avenue, Trout Field was Roanoke's first airfield.

Located adjacent to and east of Fairview Cemetery along Melrose Avenue, Trout Field was Roanoke's first airfield.

Moorman Spring was located on the Captain Robert B. Mooman property roughly located at the intersection of Moorman Avenue and 10th Street.

Looking southwest from the top of the YMCA building on 2nd Street. Lee Junior High School is visible in the left background.

Looking south from atop Mill Mountain.

Structures once located at the corner of Dale Avenue and 8th Street.

A view of Wasena Bridge from Riverside Boulevard.

Looking east from about the 1100 block of Lynchburg (Orange) Avenue.

People sitting on the knoll overlooking the pool in Riverside Park.

Pool at Riverside Park

Pool at Riverside Park

Sign at intersection of 2nd Street NE and unknown cross street.

A view of 4th Street NE in the Gilmer School area. Exact location unknown.

Storefront of Graybar Electric Company, formerly located at 603 Salem Avenue.

Raleigh Tavern, Roanoke's first hotel, was located on Lynchburg (Orange) Avenue NE. Built in the early 1800s and long known as Pate's Tavern, it was a popular stopping-place on the north-south stages or on the road from Lynchburg west to Seven Mile…

View of 4th Street NE. Northside Filling Station was located at 1201 4th, roughly where the post office is located today.

View of 4th Street NE. Northside Filling Station was located at 1201 4th, roughly where the post office is located today.

View of 4th Street NE. Northside Filling Station was located at 1201 4th, roughly where the post office is located today.

View of 4th Street NE. Northside Filling Station was located at 1201 4th, roughly where the post office is located today.

Looking west on Hanover Avenue from 10th Street.

Rose arbor on the porch of the Thompson Goodwin home, once located in Orchard Hill. Orchard Hill, also known as "Official Hill" was located in the area where Community Hospital stands today.

The Cornett was the annual for the Cornett School of Business.

The Comprehensive City Plan came about with a renewed interest in city planning. that looks to the future and to "visualize the coming needs of the city". As in 1907, John Nolen, landscape architect and city planner, was chosen to develop the plan.…

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual of William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual of William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual of William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual of William Fleming High School.

The Colonel is the annual of William Fleming High School.

Date of Birth: July 14, 1862
Ex-Officio Mayor from October 18, 1915 to August 31, 1918
Other offices held: City Council, September 1, 1912 to August 31, 1918
Date of Death: July 29, 1938

Date of Birth: January 31, 1869
Mayor from September 1, 1926 to August 31, 1930
Other offices held: City Council, July 1, 1895 to July 1, 1899
Date of Death: August 3, 1942

The Charger was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.

Date of Birth: October 23, 1849
Mayor from February 1, 1913 to October 18, 1915
Date of Death: October 18, 1915

Central Academy Middle School 2015 yearbook.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

The Cardinal was the annual for James Monroe Junior High School.

Date of Birth: August 21, 1964
Mayor from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2008
Other offices held: City Council July 1, 1996 to June 30, 2004

Bulldogs was the annual for Lucy Addison Junior High School.

Bulldogs was the annual for Lucy Addison Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual of James Breckinridge Junior High School.

The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Middle School.

Brigadier is the annual of James Breckinridge Junior High School

Annie Vest and Helen Williams in front of Oswald L. Williams' Store on Bent Mountain.

Col. Fletcher Holt in his store on Bent Mountain.

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

Marvin Thompson (sitting on barrel) and Guy Conner in Woodrum Orchard.

Aerial view of Cave Spring High School and Cave Spring Baptist Church.

George M. Burris (right) on a hay wagon, Bent Mountain.

Roanoke Look Out Gift Shop on Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.

Aerial view of Roanoke Look Out Lodge Gift Shop along Route 221 at the top of Bent Mountain.

Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Rierson 50th Wedding Anniversary photo.

Maynard Rierson and family.

Rierson’s Store on Route 221.

Flier promoting a music festival at the "new" Back Creek High School.

Flier promoting "Old Time Fiddler's Convention" at Back Creek School.

Temporary Rierson's Store that was used after old store was razed and before new store was built.

Rierson's Store. This was the original store that stood where Back Creek Elementary School stands today on Route 221.

Belleview Primitive Baptist Church on Roselawn Road.

B.G. Finnell, Sr. in front of his store.

Finnell’s Pool on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.

B.G. Finnell & Sons store on Route 221, near foot of Bent Mountain.

L to R: Marvin, Jesse, and Betty Conner picking apples in Thompson orchard on Bent Mountain.

Mormon Church Group at Back Creek.

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: 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.

Omer Simpson (right) with son, Francis, cutting hay. Simpson's farm was located on Martins Creek Road.

Former store of Clem and Mae Conner along Route 221.

Dr. Joseph Gale’s home in Cave Spring, later owned by Dr. White.

Dr. Joseph Gale’s office in Cave Spring.

Dr. Joseph A. Gale, a physician at Cave Spring in 1880s.

Starkey School

Vacation cabin at Laurel Ranch.

Haystacks along Tinsley Lane.

Grisso-Gates School building, located on property of 5321 S. Roselawn Road in Cave Spring.

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.

Marshal Conner’s Bent Mountain Apple Shed produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.

Bent Mountain Hunting Club members ready for a hunt, location unknown.

Bent Mountain Hunting Club cabin on Calloway Road, later burned and was replaced with a cinderblock building. Will Wimmer on far right.

Unidentified musicians entertain inside clubhouse of Bent Mountain Hunting Club.

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…

Will Wimmer, a farmer at 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.

Stone’s Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.

Ruby and Allen Stone at Union 76 Service Station along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.

Fralin's Produce along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.

Former Elbe Reed store and Bent Mountain Post Office on Route 221 in process of being razed.

A vacant Bottom Creek Church of the Brethren.

A vacant Christo Evangelical Wesleyan Church in the Bottom Creek area.

“Old” Bent Mountain School.

Bent Mountain Mutual Telephone Company stock certificate.

Allen Stone, Bent Mountain.

Ruby and Allen Stone, Bent Mountain.

Poff’s Garage, Route 221, Bent Mountain.

Ott and Lucy Poage at a dance at Back Creek Elementary School.

Postcard of Cave Spring Baptist Church, showing parsonage and sanctuary.

Henry P. McGuire of Cave Spring in J.L. Dishong fruit and vegetable wagon.

Preston Hartman

Preston Hartman home, Cave Spring.

Back Creek School faculty photo; L to R: Ella Clark Henry, Rufus Henry, Mary Turner.

“40 Acres” home postcard, Bent Mountain.

Roland Ferguson and family in front of their house. The house is located at 5109 Twelve O’Clock Knob Road.

Reno Restaurant card, formerly located in Starkey area on Crystal Creek Road.

Look Out Lodge postcard, Bent Mountain.

Diane Altis on pick-up in Back Creak 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.

Stanley Family in snow in the Haran area.

Mauvieleen Stanley on Route 221 in area of Haran Baptist Church.

Back Creek School; L to R: Ethel Stump, Mauvieleen Stanley, Lorene Underwood, Martin Tinsley, Arlene Stanley.

House along Route 221, formerly across from Haran Baptist Church.The Stanley Family moved there in 1943. It was razed in late 1960s.

Lorene Simpson and Polly Rierson.

Play at Poages Mill Church of the Brethren; L to R: Eddy Grisso, Curt Mowles, Norvell Hurt, Dick Agee, Daisy Long

Back Creek Elementary School; L to R: Marie Sloan, ?, ?, Gaynelle Simpson, ?

John and Virginia Walters Austin sitting on front porch of home with grandchildren.

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.

Group at Bent Mountain School.

Student group at Bent Mountain School, mostly unidentified, though it does contain Virginia Walters and Cassie Fralin

Faculty Group at Bent Mountain School; L to R: Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Brook Alderman, ?, Mr. Woods (principal), Ann McGee, Viva Bowles.

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.

Snow being plowed at Coles Egg Farm after a big snow on Bent Mountain.

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.

Reed’s Orchard operation at intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Tinsley Lane. The apple packing shed in photo was built in 1933.

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

Home of Elbe and Essie Reed, located behind Reed’s Store.

Fralin’s produce stand along Route 221 on Bent Mountain.

Central Baptist Church, Vacation Bible School. Rev. Arnold Williams is in suit at far left.

Harris homeplace along Route 221. It was razed when highway was widened.

Alonzo Lockett in “Dokkie” fez.

Callie Lockett (nee Harris). She did not cut her hair after age 16, as she thought it sinful to do so.

Callie Lockett (seated), L to R: Carol Harris, Alonzo Lockett, Hubert Harris, David Harris, Dorothy Harris

Hubert Harris on Salem Avenue in Downtown Roanoke.

L to R: Alonzo Lockett, Callie Harris Lockett, Pattie Martin at home formerly located across from the old Starkey School.

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.

Ola Agee Harris and Hubert E. Harris lived in the Starkey area.

Grant Plaza at Cave Spring, located at 3901 Brambleton Avenue.

Roanoke County Book Mobile in front of the Roanoke Count Public Library.

Cave Spring Volunteer Fire Department.

Luther Bell, board of supervisors member representing Cave Spring.

Native American mortar and grinding stone found near Cave Spring, owned by M.A. Janney

Enjoying a spin in a Metz car. L to R: Neva, Vera, Elba, Raymond, and Alton Reed.

Spring at Cave Spring.

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.

Back Creek Elementary School

Bent Mountain Elementary School

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

John Henry and Susie (Harris) Grisso.

Unidentified man examining remnants of splintered oak tree struck by lightning on J.H. Grisso farm, the strike of which killed J.H. Grisso

Erecting telephone poles and wire in Back Creek area.

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Grisso Family, L to R: Ellis Grisso, Mary Grisso, Susie (Harris) Grisso, Price Grisso (small child), John H. Grisso.

Charcoal drawing of Elmore Martin. Martin served with the 28th Virginia Infantry, CSA. He died in the war.

Scene at Woodrum Orchard.

Ben Lewis, resident of Haran area.

Sally Lewis, resident of Poages Mill area.

Stock car racing at Starkey Speedway.

Stock car racing at Starkey Speedway.

Aerial view of Starkey Speedway.

Fruit Growers Telephone Exchange (was also Luther Bell’s store) located on Landmark Circle in Roanoke County.

House across road from Reed's Store on Route 221. The house was formerly the Haran School.

Two unidentified persons at Reed's Store.

Lula Cole Reed, mother of Marvin “Fats” Reed, at Reed’s Store.

Reed's Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

Reed's Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

Cave Spring Baptist Church

Cave Spring Baptist Church

Cave Spring Baptist Church.

Brethren baptism in a creek in Floyd County.

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.

Gas ration stamps from 1945.

“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.

Spectators at Back Creek Elementary School for Back Creek baseball game.

Ralph Henry of the Back Creek Baseball Team. Uniform says Finnell’s, as Finnell & Sons sponsored the team.

Present-day residence that was the former Haran School, located at 7910 Bent Mountain Road.

Rendering of original log Laurel Ridge Church by Joey Meador.

Elders of Pigg River Primitive Baptist Association at Basham Church in Stewartsville, Virginia.

Hezekiah Lavinder (seated) and his family at their home (located at entrance to Bridlewood, home still standing) off of Route 221.

Bellview Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn Road.

Laurel Ridge Primitive Baptist Church, located on Roselawn 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.

Reed’s Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

Reed’s Store 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.

Reed’s Store after the 1948 addition of Dairy Diner, located at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

Reed’s Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

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.

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,…

Mount Olivet Baptist Church on Route 221, Bent Mountain.

Col. Holt’s store and house on Bent Mountain. Dr. Hurt’s car is parked in front.

Clyde Bohon, who bought Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.

Col. Fletcher Holt with a snake around his neck. Holt was a taxidermist 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.

Ruby Holt in front of Holt’s Store on Bent Mountain.

Emily Bohon and Bessie Brown

Mary Catherine Sloan Poage

Kittinger Chapel was located on Landmark Circle in Roanoke County. It was razed in the early 2000s.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School.

Mary Catherine “Molly” Poage, Sara Poage (standing, left), Harvey Poage (standing, right), Lee Poage (on lap).

Haran Baptist Church

Lucy Dyer Poage, Molly Gregson, Jeff Gregson, making apple butter at home in the Poages Mill area.

James C. Fralin being baptized in Back Creek at Poages Mill in 1925 by Chris Eller, Brethren minister.

Hubert Earl Harris & Ola Agee Harris lived where Starkey ball fields are today.

Ballard P. and Sarah Martin

Hubert Earl “Hub” Harris.

Look Out Lodge postcard, Bent Mountain.

Sarah and Ballard Martin in front of home. Ballard was a carpenter and farmer.

Bobby, Joyce, Hazel and Robert Altis.

Ed and Viola Sloan.

Charlie Altis in his apple orchard on hill behind Altice home.

Charlie amd Minnie Altis with Forrest and Florence Sloan.

Charlie and Minnie Altis home, formerly located on road leading into Old Mill Plantation subdivision from Route 221.

L to R: Martha Tinsley, Alrene Stanley, ?, Mauvieleen Altis, Hazel Tinsley, Ethel Stump.

Arlene Stanley and Clara Altis at Back Creek Elementary School.

Clara Altis and Arlene Stanley.

Mauvieleen Altis, Robert Carroll and Arlene Stanley.

Mauvieleen Altis in front of house.

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.

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. Arlene Stanley on porch.

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…

Aerial view showing Green Valley Elementary School, upper right.

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…

Aerial view of Route 419 under construction at Chaparral Drive; Penn Forest Boulevard at bottom.

Grandle Meador, Tina, Alice and Buddy Welcher at Beckner home.

Mildred and Roscoe Meador wedding photo; Wheeler Beckner on porch.

Bessie Beckner (left) and Essie Mae Beckner.

Beckner homeplace on Cotton Hill Road.

Wheeler and Bessie Beckner and John Steele (left) at home on Cotton HIll Road. They logged timber for railroad ties.

Wheeler and Bessie Beckner in front of home, presently located at 7041 Cotton Hill Road

L to R: Arthur “Ott” Poage, Henry Lee Poage, Charles Claytor Poage (1848-1931), Harvey Claytor Poage, David Meador

L to R: Henry Lee Poage (1891-1960), Arthur Seibert “Ott” Poage (1897-1971), Harvey Claytor Poage (1893-1928) in front of Poage farmhouse

Ed Sloan, auctioneer, with Harold Ferguson in background

Johnnie and Bertha Grubb making apple butter.

Turner home on Martins Creek Road in its final days.

Students and teachers in front of Back Creek School. Ann Hogan w/tie upper left of group (principal/teacher),

Back Creek Elementary School.

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.

6th graders in Back Creek School classroom.

Unidentified children at Back Creek School.

Charlie Poage, son of William Poage, with team of horses in front of Poage farmhouse on Route 221.

Poage Family in front of engine on farm. L to R: Harvey Poage, Bill Poage, Lee Poage, Lucy Poage

Harvey Claytor Poage.

Packing label for L.D. Bell and T.M. Bell at Poages Mill.

Portion of rock wall, built by Ralph Henry’s great grandfather, along Corntassel Lane. The wall still exists today.

Deed to Pine Hill School, formerly located on Twelve O’Clock Knob Road.

Charcoal drawing of Henry Booker Wade.

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.

Margaret Rachel Owens Ferguson and 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,…

L to R: Rachel Ferguson, Walter Ferguson, Ocieola Ferguson, Isadora Ferguson, Ivie Ferguson, Charles Ferguson, James Ferguson, William H. Ferguson

Ferguson sisters (top) and Christley home on Mt. Chestnut.

W.L. and Icie Wade (seated center) Family.

First Mormon chapel in Southwest Roanoke County, located on Bearing Road.

Students at Back Creek School.

Back Creek School students. Pictured are Principal Grant McGee, teacher Ann Hogan, who later married McGee. All others unidentified.

Back Creek School girls basketball team. Pictured are Margaret Henry Hartman and Mildred Henry Dimond. All others unidentified.

James and Sarah Henry and three daughters in Poages Mill area.

Home of Samuel Henry.

Sarah Rettinger Henry (left) and Nannie Rettinger Grisso.

Back Creek 4-H Club.

1840 deed for 66 acres belonging to Jane Poage as part of land granted to her from her father, John Poage.

Poage home and farm along Route 221.

Home of Mary (Mollie) Poage across the creek from the Poage farm on Route 221.

Omer Simpson barn on Martins Creek Road.

Raleigh “Buck” Owens' spray engine for use in orchard.

Sam Hailey and his work mules.

Idle band saw at Lamar Martin farm on Martins Creek Road.

Olvin Martin home, built in 1877, was located on Martins Creek Road.

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.

L to R: Tilden H. Martin, Gertrude Martin Duling, Alfonso Martin, Otey Martin.

Nelson Simpson, a resident of Martins Creek Road. Photo probably taken at home of his parents O.C. and Mary Simpson.

Omer C. Simpson, Jr., Christine Simpson, Lorene Simpson, residents of Martins Creek Road.

Tilden Hendrix Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.

Alfonso Martin, a resident of Martins Creek Road.

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.

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.

L to R: Ned Martin, Omer .C. Simpson, Jr., Charles Day and Gordon Willett (background) at Haran Baptist Church.

Back Creek Elementary School under re-construction.

Rock store near Poage Farm on Route 221.

Rierson’s Grocery on Route 221.

Marvin P. “Fats” Reed at the counter in Reed's Store at the intersection of Martins Creek Road and Route 221.

Reed’s Store at the intersection of Route 221 and Martins Creek Road.

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,…

Back Creek High School. L to R: Gertie Hopper, Glenna Christley, Camile Lavender, Cleda Grisso, Elsie Christley; man at back is Shelton Gates.

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…

Former Elijah Poage store/warehouse on Old Mill Road in Poages Mill.

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,…

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…

L to R: Joe Beard, Mildred Beard, Charles Altis, Effie Beard, Willie Bracy, Mauvieleen Stanley, Clarence Altis

L to R: Joe Beard, Effie Beard, Mauvieleen Stanley, Nannie Bracy, Edna Altis, Mary Altis, Nannie Altis, Clarence Altis, Clara Altis, Willie Bracy

W.F. Bolton's 8th grade class at Back Creek School.

Hazel Tinsley and Mauvieleen S. Altis in front of Back Creek Elementary School.

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…

Omer C. Simpson

Omer C. Simpson. Simpson lived on Martins Creek Road.

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

Haran Baptist Church

Students in front of Back Creek School.

Back Creek School.

Back Creek School with "new" addition.

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.

Riley T. Fralin, Sr, and Jr. at intersection of Ran Lynn Drive and Poage Valley Road.

Fralin home on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.

Fralin barn on Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.

Fralin home in Cave Spring.

R.T. Fralin, Sr., Ran Lynn Drive in Roanoke County.

Cave Spring Baptist Church

Home of John and Susie (Harris) Grisso in Cave Spring, Roanoke County. The home burned in 1946.

William and Mary Katherine (Poage) Grisso residents of Cave Spring section in Southwest Roanoke County.

Home and family of Daniel Simpson on Martins Creek in Southwest Roanoke County.

Louisa (Martin) and Daniel Simpson. The Simpsons lived on Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.

Mountain burial in family cemetery, probably Martin-Simpson cemetery near Martins Creek Road in Southwest Roanoke County.

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.

1905 postal receipt for Haran Post Office, signed by “D. Kittinger, postmaster”.

Ink sketch of Kittinger Chapel, artist unknown.

Haran Baptist Church

Students at Back Creek School.

Haran Baptist Church

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

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,…

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

School – probably the old log school house first used for Haran School before larger facility was built.

Mill wheel at Poage's Mill

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

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

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

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

School group at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest 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:…

Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

Students at old Back Creek School on Landmark Circle in Southwest Roanoke County.

Date of Birth: June 25, 1876
Mayor from September 1, 1922 to August 31, 1926
Other offices held: City Council, May 6, 1907 to September 1, 1918; Virginia House of Delegates, 1932-1936
Date of Death: June 13, 1962

Biographical sketch of Dr. John H. Pinkard and his contributions to medicine and the African American community of Roanoke.

Lillie Smith's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white group photo. From left to right Bob Hale, Bernard Davis, Craxton Powell, and an unknown seated woman.

Black and white portrait of four unknown individuals sitting on a porch. Note: oversize duplicate of this image in Box 11, Folder 1 BH 1252.

Grave marker of James H Hale in Williams Memorial Park in Roanoke.

Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway. "Sept - '97". September 1997.

Charlie Wise's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Wendell White's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

James Allen Turner's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white streetscape featuring new First Baptist in the foreground and old First Baptist in the background. Front: "BH".

Black and white streetscape of Henry Street in Roanoke.

George F. Robinson's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Candid image of a crowd in front of the boarded up Palace Hotel with a banner reading 'Henry Street Heritage Festival'.

Black and white photo of Russell Page's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

John Traynham's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Illegible headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Lelia Holmes Mickens' headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Close-up of Stephen Hurt's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Sarah Holland's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Margaret Gravel's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Fletcher Gilbert's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Herbert G. Rayford's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Elder William Dent's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Sherman Rayford Jr.'s headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Marcella F. Barlow's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Amelia Lawson's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Elizabeth Woods' headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Sallie B Woods' headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Victoria Street Bell's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Illegible headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Charles H Robinson's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Allen O. Booth's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Deacon John Thomas Lindsey's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Frances R Sawyer's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Louisa B Trent's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Ellen Banks' headstone in Old Lick Cemetery. "03-02-06". 02 March 2006.

Floyd S Turner's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Odell Howard's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Marie Early's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Mary E. Kasey's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery. Printed date 07 December 2006.

Frank E. Coleman's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Novella A. Henderson's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Samuel McAllister's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Black and white photo of Martha A. Beal's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Mary Street's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Emma L. Thurman Hurt's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Ruben W. Chiles' headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Effie M. Taylor's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery. Printed date 27 November 2006.

Parthenia L. White's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.

Ernest White's headstone in Old Lick Cemetery.
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