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1. My Memories of Carvins Cove - c. 1986

   Photocopied memoir of Mary Louise Riley Harmon, and her childhood growing up in the Carvins Cove community of Happy Valley. Mary Louise Riley Harmon and Celia Riley were born and raised in the Carvin’s Cove area of Roanoke County. More specifically, they were members of one of forty families who lived in the area that is now the reservoir. Celia was born 1 April 1906 and Mary Louise, 27 January 1915 to Ernest Preston Riley and Cora Belle L...

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2. Postcard of the Falls at Tinker Creek - 1908

   Postcard of the Falls at Tinker Creek, taken before the construction of the Carvins Cove Reservoir dam, which was completed in 1928. Image is hand tinted, with light colored falls at the center of image, surrounded by high facing rocks and brush. In the immediate foreground is a large body of water, with bare trees at the right foreground. Reverse of postcard contains an inscription from a girl named Ethel C. She writes: Dear Miss Ora / I cer...

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