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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 - Medical Center and West Main Street,688 viewsMEDICAL CENTER / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCT. 24, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith
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000_0490.JPG687 viewsThis is the current home of the Chilhowie Public Library, formerly the Old Chilhowie High School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 2004
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loadingcrew.jpg687 viewsThis image shows the crew which loaded Mathieson products on the railcars. It was taken from the 1922 Alkalite.
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horseshow6.jpg687 viewsThis 1937-38 photo by John Porter shows some of the activities at the Rich Valley fair.
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saltvillelab.jpg686 viewsThis photo is very early 20th century.
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maw36.jpg685 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.
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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP005.jpg685 viewsTHE MAIN STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH USED TO BE WHERE THE NAZARENE CHURCH IS NOW...ABOUT 200 FT. PAST ED'S DRIVE-IN TOWARD THE ELIZABETH CEMETERY.

THAT'S WHERE IT WAS WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN ABOUT 1945.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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pics 136.jpg685 viewsThis is the Marion Life Saving Crew historic ambulance in the 2006 Chilhowie Apple Festival Parade.
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Marion - Smyth County Legal Aid685 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, July 10, 2007.
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marionmain40.jpg684 viewsTaken from a 1940s postcard.
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elizcem2.jpg684 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, February 25, 2003.
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smytholdch.jpg684 viewsThis Court House was used from 1834 until the current one was built in 1904.
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