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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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mayday1944b.jpg708 viewsMAY DAY COURT / SALTVILLE SCHOOLS / 1944

FROM LEFT - MARY HEIMANN, ELIZABETH RAY, JOHNNY LITTLE, JIM MELLINGER, REBA BRANHAM, TOMMY McKEE, MARY DUNHAM

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Mar 11, 2007
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Russell Family Band786 viewsLeft to right, Samuel Francis Russell, Worley Roland, Joe Russell, and Robert Russell. Courtesy of Judy Powers.Mar 10, 2007
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Warren Family657 viewsLeft to right: Odie Warren, Zenna Warren Jones, unknown, unknown and Virginia Warren Russell. Courtesy of Judy Russell Powers.Mar 10, 2007
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Saltville - Aerial View755 viewsThis aerial view of Saltville is looking to the northeast. It was taken in May 1973 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netMar 10, 2007
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band1949.jpg796 viewsLUROY KRUMWIEDE'S FEARLESS FOURTH GRADE TONETTE BAND / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1949

BOTTOM ROW L-R - BILLY JOE HARRIS, DORIS YONTZ, PATSY ARNOLD, RANDOLPH SNEAD, DAVID ARNOLD

MIDDLE ROW - DAVID BRADT, DAVID FARRIS, MELVIN HIGHTOWER, LUROY KRUMWIEDE (OUR DIRECTOR...GO SHAKERS), TROY RECTOR, GENE CAMPBELL, MYRL DUNHAM

TOP ROW - SIDRA COE, JOY SLATE, BEVERLY TUCKER, EVA FRYE, PATSY VERNON, BILLIE WILLIAMS, DORIS AUSTIN.

Couresy of Don Smih dsmih1043@comcast.net
Mar 08, 2007
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Frye, Sanders and Doug Shannon715 viewsCOUNCILMEN SANDERS FRYE, LEFT, AND DOUG SHANNON

1960s

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith [email]dsmith1043#comcast.net[/email]


Mar 07, 2007
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1925HSdemo.jpg609 viewsDEMOLITION OF THE OLD 1925 SALTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ON WEST MAIN WHERE THE MEDICAL CENTER IS NOW LOCATED.

AUGUST 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Mar 06, 2007
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Galax - Harris Hotel514 viewsGranny Harris, Onnie Allred, Nettie [Allred] Marshall and Lee, Grace Harris, Mrs. Saunders Moore, E.M. Davis, John B and Jake

Also, written there is this note: "Harris Hotel, Galax Virginia--1917"

Also this note: "Building in background Luke Biships Livery Stable."

This should be Lute Bishop I believe.

The photo is not the best quality. Still, I thought it might be of interest to you. Nettie was the daughter of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost. Thomas was the son of Suttle, also written Settle, Allred whose wife was Eliza Belton. Suttle was the son of Jesse Allred of Randolph County, NC whose wife was Alcey York.

Julina Frost was the daughter of Stephen F. Frost a Civil war veteran from Carroll. I have a short note about him below. Stephen descends from the Revolutionary War soldier John Frost who is buried in the Frost cemetery in Carroll. I have a photograph of Stephen F. Frost, but it needs to be restored.

Courtesy of Mike Marshall Summerfield, NC mmarshall13@triad.rr.com

Mar 05, 2007
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Allison Gap - Bird's Eye view725 viewsThis February 1964 phto was taken bt Myrl Dunham, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netMar 04, 2007
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Chilhowie - Town Hall Meeting415 viewsCongressman Rick Boucher is shown at the March 3, 2007 Town Hall Meeting at the Chilhowie Public Library.Mar 03, 2007
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Marion - Francis Brothers Hardware437 viewsPhoto March 2, 2007 by Jeff WeaverMar 03, 2007
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Weaver, Virginia Oregon Sheets683 viewsDaughter of Calvin Sheets and Mary Kimball, widow of Gideon Vance Weaver. Courtesy of Lon SheetsMar 03, 2007
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