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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.


Most viewed - Smyth County, VA
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EASTMAINANDEASYSTREETS5.jpg778 viewsSince Your House Seems to Be the Focal Point of the Picture Maybe Dr. Early Took the Shot...Or One of the Kents. Helen Used to Carry a Camera Around from Time to Time.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Konnarock - View of Whitetop from Konnarock777 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1970s and shows Whitetop Mountain living up to its name.
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Saltville - Walker Mountain777 viewsSharp wooded hills of Walker Mountain (looking southwest from C 30). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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000_0051.jpg776 viewsGeneral view of the newer part of Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville, Virginia.
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MGSWORKERS21968001.jpg776 viewsTHE LAST EMPLOYEES OF THE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE IN SALTVILLE, VA. BEFORE IT CLOSED IN 1968.

L-R- CLAUDE CUDDY, RICHARD NUTTER, EVELYN VENABLE, HUBERT VENABLE, ARCH HARPER, BRUCE WIMMER, AND EARL ANDERSON

Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Emory Gap Road774 viewsEmory Gap road through Walker Mountain. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Saltville - May Day773 viewsMAY DAY CELEBRATION / SALTVILLE, VA. SCHOOLS / MID 1940s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works769 viewsThis John Porter Photo from the late 1930s shows some of the equipment used in the Mathieson Alkali Works.
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victorytheater.jpg768 viewsThe Victory Theater, located at the corner of Main Street and Palmer Avenue in Saltville is seen in this circa. 1925 photograph. Courtesy of the Museum of the Middle Appalachians.
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maw1905.jpg767 viewsThis 1905 photo is described as a "General view of salt wells and valley at Saltville."
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buchananbrosfarm.jpg766 viewsBUCHANAN BROTHERS FARM / BLACK HILL / SMYTH COUNTY, VA. / SEPTEMBER 1963 / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Log Church764 viewsphoto taken morning Feb. 17, 2006 by Ric Sheets.
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