Lance 228 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 The 77 Grundy flood is pretty much what started the process to end the old town of Grundy and brings us to where we are current day with the relocation of the town. There was a book done by Ron Coleman in 1977 that is pretty much impossible to find now...it details very graphically the flood and aftermath of it...most of you have probably never seen this or any of these pics...so, I took my copy of the book and scanned it cover to cover in the highest quality I could get and then went in and digitally cleaned up the pics...I uploaded it to my facebook page and if anyone wants to check it out...here is the link: http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=2053988&id=1006095924 Not sure if it will let anyone see it or just people who are my friends or you might need to have a facebook account...but, it's there 100% and you can click on the first pic and then click next and read it cover to cover as if the original book is sitting in front of you. hope you guys enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueinbama 259 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 Unbelievable destruction. I had honestly forgotten how bad it was, and I had never seen any of these pictures. Thanks for sharing, Lance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 I can see it, yes. Just incredible what nature can do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucfan64 307 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 .........and to think that we were heading toward a NEW ice age when that happened...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaveFan09 50 Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 awesome my grandpa's name and Coal Company is in that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance 228 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2010 if that storm had hit a month earlier, we probably would have had 6 ft of snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Wow, that is really something. I was actually just in Grundy this past weekend snooping around. I had not seen pics of what the town looked like prior to the relocation. Speechless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard 27 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Thanks for sharing......amazing pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuceswild 15 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Speaking of books on local history, I got in a big kick on that recently. I plan on reading all the ones from SWVA, but was wondering if anyone else had read them too? They are all in a series Images of America and specialize in towns, cities, and counties. I ordered the Saltville, Marion & Hungry Mother Park, Smyth County, and Smyth County Revisited to fulfill all the ones from my county. According to Amazon, they look to be about 100-120 pages apiece. Anyone have a review about the series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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