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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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midwaymay65.jpg553 viewsThis photo was taken May 1965 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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maw36.jpg552 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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horseshow6.jpg552 viewsThis 1937-38 photo by John Porter shows some of the activities at the Rich Valley fair.
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100_1262.jpg551 viewsThis is a field at the Grayson-Smyth County line on Fairwood road. Photo March 12, 2006 6:10 p.m.
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hmbeach.jpg551 viewsThis is from an early 1950 postcard.
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bonhamfarm.jpg551 viewsFrom a 1950 photograph.
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moma122606.jpg550 viewsThis photo December 26, 2006 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net. The museum door is draped in black in memory of Helen Williams Barbrow, president of the Saltville Foundation, who died on December 24, 2006 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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saltville1905.jpg549 viewsThis is a circa 1905 view of the Saltville Well Fields.
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smytholdch.jpg549 viewsThis Court House was used from 1834 until the current one was built in 1904.
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stclairscreekubc.jpg548 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver 2003
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LOVER_SLEAPANDNEAROVERLOOKAPRIL152006013.jpg548 viewsThis view was taken on April 15, 2006 by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) from Lover's Leap. The larger building in the center left is the Food Country grocery store. The building in the center with the blue roof is Pizza Plus, and the structure to the left is the Saltville Medical Center.
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Saltville - Carnival548 viewsNIGHT FALLS ON THE CARNIVAL / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 13, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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