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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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Saltville - Cows Grazing887 viewsCOWS GRAZING IN MEADOW BETWEEN WEST MAIN AND THE HOLSTON RIVER WITH LITTLE MOUNTAIN AND CLINCH MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND. LIGHT POLE IS STANDING IN THE OLD N&W / OLIN RAILWAY YARD JUST WEST OF THE MEDICAL CENTER.Courtesy oif Don Smith -dsmith1043@comcast.net
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mathieson1920.jpg886 viewsThis is another view of the Mathieson operations ca. 1920.
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dunhamsyard.jpg886 viewsTHESE WERE MYRL DUNHAM'S CARS. THE BIG TREE IN THE BACK YARD WAS AN ENGLISH WALNUT. IT WAS PLANTED BY THE FAMILY THAT CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM ENGLAND WHEN THE MATHIESONS STARTED THE PLANT. THEY LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND. THEIR NAME WAS BARNES.

IN 1902, M. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. TO TAKE OVER THE WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A WHILE. HIS SON, HARRY, ALSO LIVED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY HARRY AND REBA DUNHAM'S DAUGHTER, MARY.

THE WALNUT TREE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE PICTURE IS FROM APRIL OF 1957. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Aerial View886 viewsThis August 28, 1997 photo is by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1565.jpg885 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 14, 2006.
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CHURCHANDSCHOOL290.jpg885 viewsThis view from inside the Preston House was taken in February 1976. Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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hmbeach1940s.jpg885 viewsThis 1940s photo postcard of Hungry Mother Park shows the Children's play beach.
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McCready - McCready Gap Foilage885 viewsFoliage at Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910, From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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golfcourse101993.jpg884 viewsThis October 1993 photo by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) was taken from the Sugar Loaf.
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Marion - Smyth County Court House884 viewsPhoto June 30, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - From the Overlook884 viewsThis image was made on October 25, 2007 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Marion - Civil War Currebct884 viewsPictured here is a 50 cent note issued iby Smyth County, Virginia in 1862.
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