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Hunter's Masonic Lodge No. 156, built on Roanoke Street in Blacksburg in 1928. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Second building of the Lyric Theatre, completed in 1930. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

The town of Blacksburg acquired the Logan Martin Store and converted it in 1939 for use as a town hall. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Colonial-style apartments built to accommodate the rising student population at Virginia Tech. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Built in 1950 to update existing building stock in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story William Price building and the one-story building next to it that houses Modern Barber Shop and Harleys Shoe Repair. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created…

Western Auto Store, built in about 1960. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Apartments on Harding Avenue in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Apartments on Harding Avenue in Blacksburg, viewed from the street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Originally used by the Catholics in Blacksburg, the parish left the building in the 1970s and it was adapted for use by an Anglican Parish. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions…

View of a street in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Map of the State of Virginia by Herman Boye.

Map of Montgomery County, VA.

Map of the railroad in and around Blacksburg, VA.

Map of Montgomery County, VA, including primary and secondary highways.

Map of the 1937 Merrimac community, produced by the Appalachian Studies Program and the Landscape Architecture Program at Virginia Tech in 1996.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.

Map shows streets of Blacksburg, VA, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also includes index for main buildings of VPI.

Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index to streets and to primary buildings on the VPI campus.

Map shows different zones within the town of Blacksburg, Virginia.

The Huckleberry Train stuck in snow.

The back of the Huckleberry Train, stuck in the snow.

Earl Palmer photograph of the front of a train on the Huckleberry line.

Blacksburg Station, showing Huckleberry Line.

Last run of the Huckleberry train.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Flower garden at Blacksburg Station.

Members of the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department sit in the back of the town's first fire truck.

Postcard of Blacksburg, VA, circa 1910. Possibly depicting Alumni Gates.

Article about archaeological history in Blacksburg, VA.

A lengthy recollection of his father's Blacksburg from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr. Ronald B. Dietrick.

Keith Furr recalls life in Blacksburg during the 1960s in an email to Laura Katz Smith in 1996.

Introduction to the diaries of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

Genealogy information about the family of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

Jamie Kinzer Calloway, Mary Mathews Robeson, and French Pack, Jr. discuss their memories of Blacksburg.

An introduction to the town for incoming VPI students, printed in the Blacksburg Post.

An article by Thomas N. Conrad (V.A.M.C. president from 1882 to 1886) from the Blacksburg Post, December 10, 1896.

A newspaper article that discusses some of the laws of the town of Blacksburg from the mid-1870s.

A newspaper article from the Montgomery News Messenger, January 6, 1932, discussing the town and its progress.

Virginia Tech article from October 16, 1924, finds prosperity in Blacksburg, Va.

An article in the Blacksburg Home News, September 9, 1916, describing the state of the town.

Letter in the April 20, 1932, Montgomery News Messenger about the town spring.

Record of progress in the town by Rebecca Price in 1932, as reprinted in the News Messenger Bicentennial Edition, July 1, 1976.

Article by Mrs. W. D. Altman from the July 1, 1976 Montgomery News Messenger Bicentennial Edition.