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New River Notes Photo Gallery

A Collection of historic and current photos mostly covering the upper New River area of southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina.


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Saltville - Automobile Outing 19121388 viewsTHIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE PICTURES GIVEN TO ME IN THE LATE 1960s BY MY NEIGHBOR, LULA SHANNON. SHE IS THE LADY SITTING ON THE LEFT. IN 1969 SHE WAS 80 YEARS OLD. I HAVE SEEN OTHER PICTURES WITH HER IN THEM WHERE DR. EARLY WAS MENTIONED AS BEING IN THE PICTURE WITHOUT SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION. COULD THIS BE HIM DRIVING? WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT OLD CAR IS.

THE PICTURE APPEARS TO BE IN THE AREA OF THE OLD CHATHAM HILL DAM WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES THE RIVER JUST BELOW WHERE THE DAM WAS LOCATED.

THE SHANNONS LIVED IN THE CHATHAM HILL AREA BEFORE MOVING TO SALTVILLE WHEN LULA AND HER BROTHER DOUG WERE VERY YOUNG. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Chilhowie - Lumber Wagons1102 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows horse-drawn wagons loaded with lumber approaching the Chilhowie Railroad Depot. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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macedoniabc.jpg1070 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, 2003
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madamrmeth1920.jpg864 viewsThis view is from ca. 1915.
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MadamRussellCabin001.jpg924 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006. Madam Russell was the sister of Virginia's famous Patrick Henry. She married first General William Campbell, and second another Revolutionary War General William Russell. A reprint of some of the correspondence of Russell is found in this reprint of Anna Des Cognet's William Russell
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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MadamRussellCabin002.jpg935 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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Saltville - Madison Street1018 viewsMADISON STREET / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCT. 21, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.ney
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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP004.jpg1024 viewsThis photo dates to circa 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP005.jpg1366 viewsTHE MAIN STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH USED TO BE WHERE THE NAZARENE CHURCH IS NOW...ABOUT 200 FT. PAST ED'S DRIVE-IN TOWARD THE ELIZABETH CEMETERY.

THAT'S WHERE IT WAS WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN ABOUT 1945.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP2.jpg778 viewsFROM LEFT...LAWRENCE SMITH / CLAUDE SMITH / JACK CATRON / MARY SUE SMITH. This photo was made in 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville March 19641257 viewsThis March 1964 photo shot looking east from Main Street, shows the company store in the center of the shot (red building), the train depot slightly to the left, and the bank further to the left. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Marion - Aerial View827 viewsThis aerial view is better than most seen. It dates from sometime in the 1960s. Lots of detail here.
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