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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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100_1885.jpg2360 viewsPhoto November 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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wyattrhoda.jpg2353 viewsThis is Rhoda Alice(Miller) Wyatt born May 10,1868 and died June 9.1952. Wife of Elihu Wyatt. Taken in 1938 at the Wyatt homeplace in the Ripshin community of Ashe county. My great grandmother. Courtesy of Donald Blevins ncdon@charter.net
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100_1668.jpg2338 viewsPhoto April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1313.jpg2288 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Lyle, Ethel Davis2231 viewsBorn December 2, 1905 to Elder Edd Davis and Senia Miller.
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nunnbjracing.jpg2219 viewsB. J. NUNN RACING TEAM HEADING FOR THE HUDSON, N. C. DRAGSTRIP.

THE CITIES SERVICE IN THE BACKGROUND IS WHERE TODD'S IS NOW.

THE RED CAR WAS A '62 CHEVY WITH A 409 ENGINE AND FACTORY FOUR IN THE FLOOR.

A WARM SEPTEMBER EVENING IN 1963. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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bogtrotters.jpg2201 viewsA Galax band. Photo 1937 from the collections of the Library of Congress.
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196billsturgill.jpg2200 viewsThis 1920s view is of Bill Sturgill plowing his father's farm at Wolf Knob with a team of oxen. He was the son of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
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Mulberry - Mount Lawn Memorial Park2197 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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Saltville - Muck Pond2156 viewsLime-mud waste of Mathieson Alkali Works. Approximately 300-tons a day poured into pond. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the collection of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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HendersonJWarticle.jpg2123 viewsCourtesy of Jack Hockett tlas101@aol.com
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Saltville - Madam Russell Parsonage Demolition2087 viewsThis November 1967 photo by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) shows the demolition of the parsonage at Madam Russell United Methodist Church on Main Street in Saltville.
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