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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
hungrymotherfishing.jpg
hungrymotherfishing.jpg491 viewsBoys bass fishing in Hungry Mother Lake is from a 1940s era linen postcard.Jun 19, 2006
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ShannonsRock.jpg672 viewsTHIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE (circa 1912) FROM THE BATCH GIVEN TO ME BY LULA SHANNON (on the right) IN THE LATE 60's. IT WAS IN WITH THE PICS OF THE HOUSE WHERE YOU ARE NOW LIVING. NO NAMES WERE WITH THE PICTURES. COULD EITHER OF THE MEN BE DR. EARLY? Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

Jun 19, 2006
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horseshow6.jpg552 viewsThis 1937-38 photo by John Porter shows some of the activities at the Rich Valley fair.Jun 18, 2006
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maw07.jpg564 viewsThis ca. 1937 photo shows the Episcopal priest at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Saltville.Jun 18, 2006
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maw13.jpg508 viewsThis 1938 John Porter photo shows a biplane flying over southern Smyth County.Jun 17, 2006
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LOVER_SLEAPANDNEAROVERLOOKAPRIL152006051.jpg524 viewsThis view of downtown Saltville was taken April 15, 2006 from Lover's Leap. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netJun 17, 2006
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0SSIE ROBERTS AND ED DELP AND L.W.FRYE730 viewsSOME GOOD...VERY GOOD... LOCAL PERFORMERS AT A HOBART SMITH MUSIC FESTIVAL AT R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 70s.

L-R-OSSIE ROBERTS, ED DELP, AND L. W. FRYE.

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Jun 16, 2006
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maw36.jpg552 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.Jun 15, 2006
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piedmontschool.jpg446 viewsThis photo circa. 1910 or so, is courtesy of Sadie Stamper Greer. Note the steam engine to the extreme right of the image.Jun 15, 2006
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ironmtnlutheranschool.jpg591 viewsThis is from a late 1930s postcard.Jun 15, 2006
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FlatTopandDunhams042.jpg579 viewsTELEPHOTO TAKEN DOWN A SMALL POWER LINE ON FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN NORTH OF SALTVILLE LOOKING AT WHITE TOP MOUNTAIN. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Jun 15, 2006
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SCOUTS1960_S001.jpg811 viewsAWARDS ON FEBRUARY 9, 1966 IN A CEREMONY AT THE MADAM RUSSELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

BOTTOM ROW L-R - GARY PHILLIPS, JOHNNY NORRIS, MYRON WOODWARD, AND JAY DEBORD

TOP ROW- ARTHUR "NOOKIE" OLINGER, MONTE DAVIDSON, JOE CAMPBELL, EARLE HORNE, AND JIM WILSON

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Jun 11, 2006
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