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1. Big Lick News, Volume 1 No. 20 - 1877

   The Big Lick News, a newspaper from Big Lick, Roanoke County, published Saturday mornings. The newspaper contains several advertisements for businesses in Big Lick, as well as several small stories, advice, and notices.

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Deed for the Big Lick Cemetery - April 2, 1877

   A deed transferring land from Peyton L. Terry and his wife, M. S. Terry, to the Corporation of Big Lick for use as the city cemetery. The deed includes the names of the participants involved as well as the amount paid to the Terrys for the land. It is signed by the Terrys.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Indenture - June 16, 1848

   Indenture dated June 16, 1848 between Nathaniel B. Harvey, of Montgomery County, Virginia and John Trout of Roanoke County, Virginia. The deed was recorded in Roanoke County Clerk's Office on October 26, 1848.

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Invitation , 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee - 1932

   Invitation with an ink sketch of "The Trout House , A Popular Tavern of Southwest Virginia in Ante-Bellum Days, Built in 1797 by William Stover and Acquired by John Trout in 1845". The invitation is for a return to Roanoke to celebrate the city's Fiftieth Anniversary and Golden Jubilee Days, Monday, January 29 - Wednesday, January 31, 1932, and is addressed to Mrs. Thomas W. Goodwin.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Invitation for Celebration of Roanoke's 50th Anniversary - 1932

   Invitation with an ink sketch of "The Trout House , A popular tavern of Southwest Virginia in Antebellum Days, built in 1797 by William Stover and acquired by John Trout in 1845". The invitation is for a return to Roanoke to celebrate the city's Fiftieth Anniversary and Golden Jubilee Days, Monday, January 29 through Wednesday, January 31, 1932.

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Old Dominion Baseball Team - Black and white photograph of the Old Dominion Baseball Team. The typewritten caption below the image reads as follows: "Old Dominion Ball Team Roanoke City League". Handwritten notes on the reverse of the photograph identify the third person from the left in the back row as Lucian Cocke, fourth from the left as the team manager, John Trout, and the boy on the far right in the cap as Ahern or O'Hern. In the middle row, the player on the left is identified as Jim Bear and the player next to him as Crowley. The player on the right in the front row is identified as "Cub" Bear and the words Cub Bear are added to his left arm in the image. The player in the center of the front row is identified as Lemon with a question mark. The name "Ott Willis" has been written on the image next to the head of a player in the back row. According to Raymond Barnes' "A History of the City of Roanoke" each ward had a baseball team with the southwest section represented by The Old Dominion with players Charles and James Bear, and Lucian and C.F. Cocke.

   1964.16.1

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Poll Book for the Election for an Overseer of the Poor. - May 27, 1852

   Poll Book, Big Lick District, for a Precinct Election held for the County of Roanoke, at the house of Armistead Neal at Big Lick, on Thursday, the 27th day of May 1852, for the purpose of electing an Overseer of the Poor. The two candidates were John Trout and John A. Langhorne. Several pages list the names of voters. On the last page is the certification of the poll by the appointed Commissioners, W. G. Peck, L. R. James, and James Kyle.

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Trout House - A black and white copy of a painting of the old Trout House, which was the property of John Trout and located on the southeast corner of Commerce Street (now Second Street) and Campbell Avenue in Big Lick, Virginia (now Roanoke, Virginia). It became the site of the Ponce de Leon Hotel and now the present site of the Crystal Tower Building. This site has been a hostelry since 1797.

   1998.24.080

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. Trout House - A black and white photograph of the old Trout home, which was the property of John Trout and located on the southeast corner of Commerce Street (now 2nd Street) and Campbell Avenue in Big Lick, Virginia (now Roanoke, Virginia). It became the site of the Ponce de Leon Hotel and now the present site of the Crystal Tower Building. This site has been a hostelry since 1797. This photograph is very similar to Object ID 1964.11.57.

   1967.1.29

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Trout House - A black and white photograph of the old Trout home, which was the property of John Trout and located on the southeast corner of Commerce Street (now 2nd Street) and Campbell Avenue in Big Lick, Virginia (now Roanoke, Virginia). It became the site of the Ponce de Leon Hotel and now the present site of the Crystal Tower Building. This site has been a hostelry since 1797. This photograph is very similar to Object ID 1967.1.29. This narrative was taken from the book, "History of Roanoke County", by George S. Jack, Edward Boyle Jacobs, page 172: He [John Trout] was a son of George and Polly Miller Trout of Rockingham County and moved with his father to Botetourt, now Roanoke County, in 1818 where George Trout purchased a farm a few miles west of the present city of Roanoke where the subject of this sketch was reared. When twenty five years old, he purchased the Stover property near Big Lick, a tract of land containing two hundred and fifty acres for which he paid $27.00 per acre and when Roanoke City was established a large part of it was located on this farm. He improved and added to the Stover house built by William Stover in 1797 and occupied the same as his residence until the time of his death. For many years he operated it as a house of entertainment and the Trout House was known far and wide to the traveling public. The Ponce de Leon now stands on the old Trout House site. During the Civil War, no soldier was ever charged for entertainment at the Trout House and the proprietor kept several teams engaged in transporting sick soldiers and the remains of the dead from the railroad to their homes and friends, all of which was done without charge. He was open handed and to the needy his purse was as open as his heart. He was essentially a man of deeds not words.

    1964.11.57

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Yellow glass vase - Yellow satin blown glass vase with painted white flower and leaves on one side. John Trout (1813-1882), original owner of the vase, was the first mayor of Big Lick and served from 1874-1876. His home was on the current site of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. He was founder and elder of the Lutheran Church in Big Lick, and his son, Henry Trout, was the president of the First National Bank in downtown Roanoke.

    2013.10

    Record Type: Object