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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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000_0036.jpg719 viewsThis statue is located in Elizabeth Cemetery in Saltville.
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Allison Gap - Bird's Eye view719 viewsThis February 1964 phto was taken bt Myrl Dunham, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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graysonmill.jpg718 viewsThis image was made in the 1890s.
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Saltville - Well Fields717 viewsTAKEN FROM THE FRONT PORCH OF THE M. S. DUNHAM HOUSE ON WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1910

FROM THE DUNHAM COLLECTION Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net


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000_0010.jpg715 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, February 11, 2006
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mphendersonstore.jpg715 viewsJohn Porter photograph from the late 1930s.
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SEPT10MISC915.jpg715 viewsThis photo was taken August 1967 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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AUG3SALTVILLEOLDPICS727.jpg713 views...BEFORE THERE WAS A BRIDGE AT BROADFORD. NOTICE THE FOOT BRIDGE AND THE TEAM AND WAGON AT BOTTOM OF PICTURE FORDING THE CREEK. Courtesy of Don Smith [dsmith1043@comcast.net[/email]
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works713 viewsThis ca.1910 image from the U.S.Geological Survey shows the Mathieson Alkali Works ca. 1910.
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000_0016.jpg711 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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Saltville - Olin Hoist711 viewsTHIS HOIST, MANUFACTURED BY INDUSTRIAL BROWNHOIST OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 1949 BY MATHIESON CHEMICALS OF SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. IT WAS DISMANTLED AND SCRAPPED IN MARCH OF 2008. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Intersection107and91June1964(2).jpg710 viewsThis photo was taken June 1, 1964. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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