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William Tamkin
Portrait of William Tamkin, long-time resident of Fort Valley. His parents were John and Catherine Virginia (Spitzer) Tamkin. He had a sister, Josephine, and a brother, James.
In April 1885, Mr. Tamkin married Mary Ellen Brill (1866-1908) and had…
In April 1885, Mr. Tamkin married Mary Ellen Brill (1866-1908) and had…
Walter W. Paige
Portrait of Walter W. Paige. Born in born in Tunbridge Wells England on June 29, 1881, he married Bessie Ritenour and they lived in a white farmhouse in the northern end of Fort Valley. He died on March 15, 1968 and was buried in Dry Run.
In the…
In the…
View of Hotel and Massenutten Mountains, Waterlick White Sulphur Springs, VA
Postcard with a picture of the hotel established near the Waterlick White Sulphur Springs in Fort Valley Virginia.
Toms Brook High School Class of 1937
Scan of a photograph showing the Toms Brook High School Class of 1937, which graduated on June 8th of that year. On the back row, 6th from left is Mary Frances Orndorff who later became a Home Economics teacher. Also identified in the front row is…
St. Davids Lutheran Church
Picture of the St. Davids Lutheran Church in Fort Valley Virginia. The congregation was formed around 1816 when the Lutheran worshipers in Fort Valley established their own church. The building pictured was constructed in 1873 after the previous…
Slate Hill School
Photograph showing the Slate Hill School in Fort Valley as it appeared in a 1939 insurance survey of Shenandoah County School. In the report the school is described as a "one story frame building with a tin roof, stone foundation, wood sheeting…
Slate Hill No. 10 Teachers Register
Teachers register for Slate Hill School No. 10 located in Fort Valley Virginia.
Shenandoah Publishing House and Northern Virginia Daily Employee Picnic
Photograph showing "employees, and members of their families and friends, of the Shenandoah Publishing House and the Northern Virginia Daily" at a picnic at Elizabeth Furnace in Powell's Fort Valley (now Fort Valley Virginia).
The individuals in…
The individuals in…
Samuel Coverstone Journal
Cover and a page from Samuel Coverstone's journal. Coverstone lived in Fort Valley Virginia.
Ray Franklin Boyer and Eva Boyer
Photograph of Ray Franklin Boyer and his sister Eva Boyer.
Ray Franklin Boyer
Photograph of Ray Franklin Boyer (b. June 15 1918-d. July 5 1995) of Fort Valley Virginia.
Quinten Burke
Scan of a photograph showing Quinten Burke. of Fort Valley Virginia.
Powells Fort Community and Improvement League Minutes
Ledger book containing the minutes of the Powells Fort Community and Improvement League Minutes from 1915-1916.
Phillip and Molly Crisman
Phillip and Molly Crisman pictured on the front porch of their home on South Fort Valley Road. Large flowering bush is in the foreground.
Perry Garnett Coverstone
Portrait of Perry Garnett Coverstone, of Fort Valley, as a young man.
Perry Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time,…
Perry Garnett Coverstone was still single when he registered for the WWI draft. His emergency contact was listed as “Mrs. D.F. Frederick, Postmaster, Waterlick”. At that time,…
Passage Creek, near Front Royal, Va.
Postcard with a picture of the Passage Creek which flows through Fort Valley Virginia to near Front Royal Virginia.
Passage Creek at Seven Fountains
Postcard with a picture of Passage Creek near the Seven Fountains Community in what is now Fort Valley Vriginia.
Myrtle Frances Callers Boyer
Scan of a photograph showing Myrtle Frances Cullers Boyer of Fort Valley Virginia. .
Myrtle Frances Callers Boyer
Scan of a photograph showing Myrtle Frances Cullers Boyer of Fort Valley Virginia. . The photograph includes information about her watch.
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church
Photograph of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church located in Fort Valley Virginia. The church was constructed in 1897 by a group of dissidents who left the St. David's Church Congregation. The two churches would reunite in 1965.
Mortgage Burning at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Photograph of the "mortgage burning" at the Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie McClanahan, Fulton Ramsey, Perry "P.G." Coverstone, Leroy Tamkin, Harry McClanahan, and Sam Boyer.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie McClanahan, Fulton Ramsey, Perry "P.G." Coverstone, Leroy Tamkin, Harry McClanahan, and Sam Boyer.
Men at Fort Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Photograph of six men standing together in a line behind a table at the Fort Valley Fire Department.
The photograph was taken when the department burned the note on their building mortgage.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie…
The photograph was taken when the department burned the note on their building mortgage.
Pictured are, from left to right:
Mertie…
Marcellus Boyer
Scan of a photograph showing Marcellus Boyer of Fort Valley Virginia.
Looking East from tower on Massanutten Mt. 5 miles east of Woodstock, VA
Postcard with a picture taken from atop the tower on Massanutten Mountain, near Woodstock Virginia.
The photograph looks east into Fort Valley Virginia.
The photograph looks east into Fort Valley Virginia.
Letter, Franklin D. Roosevelt to A. Willis Robertson
Copy of a letter sent from Franklin D. Roosevelt to A (Absalom) Willis Robertson concerning the possible closure of Camp Roosevelt, the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp located near Edinburg Virginia. Robertson at the time was the Congressional…