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Gary Davis

Seventy years ago this winter, a B-25 aircraft carrying five crew members slammed into the side of Sharp Top Mountain. Pieces of the wreckage – silent and eerie reminders of the men and of another era – are still strewn on the mountainside. Read more

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Women’s suffrage helped spawn Roanoke’s first libraries. Read more

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The Dominion Tower went up as the Hunter Viaduct was coming down. Read more

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The American Theatre, circa 1927, was at the corner of South Jefferson Street and Kirk Avenue SW. The marquee advertises the silent movie “Thirteenth Hour.” Read more

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It was a great year for happiness – for Dr Pepper and in Roanoke’s celebrating its 75th birthday. Read more

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