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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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JUNE182006DRAGCAR1963469.jpg1148 viewsBILL JOE NUNN RACING TEAM / SEPTEMBER 1963
FROM LEFT...FRONT...HOWARD MALOYED AND BILL JOE NUNN
FROM LEFT...IN CAR...BILL DEBORD AND KEN WOODARD Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Bus Wreck1148 views45 YEARS AGO...R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL, SALTVILLE, VA. / SENIOR TRIP BUS WRECK / CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. / MAY 1962

RIP PAYNE PHOTO / COURTESY OF PAT CLAPP WIMMER. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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0466.jpg1146 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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wellfields41973.jpg1146 viewsTHis is an early April 1973 shot showing the well fields and a general view of town by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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westmain91967.jpg1141 viewsThis Don Smith Photo was taken in September 1967. dsmith1043@comcast.net
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000_0081.jpg1140 viewsBuilt in Roanoke, VA in 1892, now on permanent display in downtown Saltville. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 1, 2006.
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100_1330.jpg1139 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver March 22, 2006.
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works1139 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows an aerial view of the main Mathieson Alkali Works facilities along the banks of the North Fork of Holston River in Saltville.
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Saltville - Shakers May 19561138 viewsSALTVILLE SHAKERS / UNDEFEATED 1956 DISTRICT VII CHAMPS


BOTTOM ROW - L-R - DONNIE PARKS, KENNY CANNON, CARLIS ALLISON, JOHNNY DAVIDSON, ROBERT DUNCAN, SONNY WALL, BOB BOOTH

SECOND ROW - JIM CAHILL, TOMMY (SOREARM) SMITH, HERBIE HAYNES, DON SMITH, STAN McCREADY, HAROLD DEBORD

TOP ROW - JOE SHIPLEY, COACH, BOBBY GRACE, GENE CAMPBELL, DOUG CANNON, CRAIG BARBROW

PHOTO BY CHESTER TOTTEN. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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CHURCH_AND_SCHOOL288.jpg1137 viewsPhoto June 1973 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1316.jpg1133 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Sugar Grove - Teas Road1133 viewsThis May 11, 2007 photo is courtesy of Don Smith. It looks like someone nuked Sugar Grove. dsmith@comcast.net
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