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

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

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

Genealogy information about the family of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

Introduction to the diaries of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

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

Flower garden at Blacksburg Station.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Last run of the Huckleberry train.

Blacksburg Station, showing Huckleberry Line.

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

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

The Huckleberry Train stuck in snow.

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

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

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

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

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

Map of the railroad in and around Blacksburg, VA.

Map of Montgomery County, VA.

Map of the State of Virginia by Herman Boye.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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.

Christ Episcopal Church, with the addition of a stone tower. 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.

Plans for the expansion of the Christ Episcopal Church after 1910. 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.

Revival-style educational building built by the Presbyterian congregation in 1926. 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.

Example of a frame house in Blacksburg built after 1921. 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.

Colonial Revival-style house 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.

Tudor Revival-style house 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.

Interior of the D. Cameron and Mabel Price Lucas House. 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.

Example of a bungalow on Lee Street, built in 1929. 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.

Built in the early twentieth century by the Blacksburg Milling and Supply Company. Later rehabilitated in the 1940s. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…

Dwelling that was converted into a large rooming house with the pressures on housing increased by the growth of the student body. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were…

Commercial structure on the northwest side of Main Street 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.