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Photograph of Noah H. Good (left) and Virginia A. Rinker Good (right).

The image is of two separate glass plate negatives pieced together so a single photograph could be produced of the couple. Noah was killed in 1922 after falling into a pig pen…

Photograph of the government form used to honorably discharge Private Sylvester A. Polk of Conicville, Virginia, from the U.S. Army.

He was born on July 1, 1920, and served in the U.S. Army at both Normandy and in the Ardennes during WWII.

Side view of the school building in Conicville.

Image of a school building beside a dirt road. A basketball hoop is visible on the right.

The word, "Conicville" was written on the glass plate.

Photograph showing the first and second grade class for the Conicville School in 1931. Pictured are, from left to right:

Top Row: Roy Weatherholtz, Custis Funkhouser, Roy Showman, Hilda Funkhouser, Ruth Helsley, Eliza Lindamood Sager, Martha…

Photograph showing Ora Dodson of Conicville Virginia.

If you had attended a community event in the 70s, or 80s you might have found Betty Showman there, dressed as the popular TV character Minnie Pearl.

A resident of Conicville, Betty began performing as Minnie in 1963. She took her act to various…

Photograph taken by William Hoyle Garber showing the Conicville 4-H Display at the Shenandoah County Fair.

December 17 (1862)

Shenandoah County

Dear brother I seat my self to drop you a few line to let you no that we are all well at present and hope that when these few lines come to hand they may find you in the Same state of health. They say that…

Postcard with a greeting from Conicville Virginia.