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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.


Last additions - Smyth County, VA
saltkettle71872.jpg
saltkettle71872.jpg652 viewsTHE ORIGINAL SALT KETTLE THEATRE...SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE...JULY 1972....

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043W@comcast.net
Oct 12, 2006
homecoming1966.jpg
homecoming1966.jpg736 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


Oct 10, 2006
bottlehouse.jpg
bottlehouse.jpg669 viewsFrom a 1955 postcard.Oct 09, 2006
bucketline101968.jpg
bucketline101968.jpg797 viewsNEARING THE END...THE BUCKET LINE... SHOWN HERE HEADING FOR THE ANGLE JUNCTION, WOULD SOON BE SHUT DOWN FOREVER. IT HAD A 66 YEAR RUN. MATHIESON HAD BUILT IT IN 1902. TRUCKS REPLACED THE BUCKET LINE FOR THE FEW REMAINING YEARS BEFORE OLIN CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Oct 07, 2006
greeverhomechil.jpg
greeverhomechil.jpg664 viewsThis 1935 photograph shows the former home of General James S. Greever and Mary Scott Greever.Oct 06, 2006
paintingcostore51966.jpg
paintingcostore51966.jpg867 viewsThis May 1966 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the Company store being painted.Oct 06, 2006
hassingertrain.jpg
hassingertrain.jpg704 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing one of Hassinger Lumber Company's logging trains in operation.Oct 05, 2006
marionrrdepot.jpg
marionrrdepot.jpg598 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.Oct 05, 2006
upperwellfields41973.jpg
upperwellfields41973.jpg662 viewsThis April 1073 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the Upper Well Fields and West Main Street in April 1973.Oct 05, 2006
MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP004.jpg
MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP004.jpg606 viewsThis photo dates to circa 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netOct 04, 2006
ussprucelumber1908.jpg
ussprucelumber1908.jpg688 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows the lumber yards for the U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Marion, VA.Oct 02, 2006
marioncollegesnow.jpg
marioncollegesnow.jpg458 viewsThis 1951 postcard shows a snow shrowded Marion College.Oct 02, 2006
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