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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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Fries - Grayson Mills857 viewsGrayson Mill, downtown Fries. This mill ground grains for sale under this name. Fries town, Grayson county. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesyof David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church857 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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Congress Voting Independence857 viewsCongress Voting Independence by Robert Edge Pine and Edward Savage
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mtairydepot.jpg856 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1916.
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OssieBelleSmith30001.jpg856 viewsOssie is in the back, Darcus is in the front.

Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN
(daughter of James Latham Smith and Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith)

Ossie Belle Smith Thacker, b.8-1-1896, d.6-21-2004, buried at Otes Church Cemetery, Bulls Gap, Hawkins County, TN (Granddaughter of James Latham Smith and Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith) Courtesy of Debi Coe.
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wythevilledepot.jpg856 viewsThis mid-20th century photo shows the Wytheville depot.
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BluemontHotel1938.jpg856 viewsThis is from a postcard mailed in 1938.
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pics 074.jpg856 viewsPhoto September 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 205~0.jpg856 viewsThis photo shows a recent replacement grave marker for Nathan Blevins. Photo October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Lower Well Fields856 viewsThis January 29, 2007 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the lower well fields frozen over.
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blacksburg1918.jpg855 viewsTaken from a 1918 postcard.
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bonhambrosbees.jpg855 viewsThis 1950 photograph shows bee hives near the Bonham Brothers orchard near Chilhowie, Virginia.
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