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Reverend Kenneth B. Wright was born and raised in Elliston, Virginia. Wright attended Montgomery County Public Schools, Virginia Union University, and
graduated from Roanoke College before becoming a pastor. In this interview, Wright describes the…

James E. Sherman--who also went by Steve Sherman--was born in Whitethorne, Virginia and grew up in the Wake Forest community. Sherman attended Christiansburg Institute and spent his life working in the coal mines. In this interview, Sherman describes…

Valerie Dow Scott was born in 1904, and she grew up in Montgomery County, Virginia. Scott’s parents--the Dow family--sent Valerie to high school in Nottoway County, Virginia. After completing her education there, Scott worked as a teacher, briefly,…

Thompson V. Lester, Sr. was born in Christiansburg, Virginia in 1915. Thompson Lester met and married his wife, Elizabeth, in New Jersey. After serving in the Navy, Lester returned to Christiansburg, where he worked for his family's dry cleaning…

William Burrell Morgan, who went by Burrell, was born in Iowa before he moved to the Christiansburg area. Morgan attended Hill School and graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute; later, he operated his family's taxi service, which had been…

Men on the porch of a wooden house, c.1912

Farm House and Field

Women and Man in 1912

Women and Man on a Porch, c.1912

Group of Men with Survey Equipment

Group picture of Male Surveyors

Men and Women in 1912

Railroad Construction

Bridge Construction over creek

Bridge Construction

Unidentified Tunnel

Tunnel No.18

Caney Creek Bridge

Caney Creek Bridge

Tunnel No.18

View From Mill Creek

Stone Arch

Six Ft. Concrete Arch

Construction of 2nd Crossing Bridge

Cutting Stone For 8 Ft. Stone Arch

Unidentified River

Tunnel No.17

View From Inside of Tunnel No.17

Tunnel Number Seventeen

Rock Cut

Rock Cut

View From Millard Hill

Hydraulic Jet at Work

View of "Slide" Moved By Hydraulic Jet

Squirrel Camp in Winter

Group in Front of Cabin at Squirrel Camp

Photo Taken By Moonlight

Photo Taken By Moonlight

Photo Taken by Moonlight

Christmas in Squirrel Camp

River in the Back of Squirrel Camp

View From Back Porch at Squirrel Camp

View of Squirrel Camp in the Winter

Front View of Squirrel Camp in Millard, Virginia

Group at Squirrel Camp

Sunday Visit

Leaving Camp

Sunday in Squirrel Camp

Group of People at Squirrel Camp

Before "Thankgiving Turkey"