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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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chilhowielumber.jpg1460 viewsThis is an early 20th century photo, showing the size of some of the timber in the area at the time.
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cornmarion2.jpg1453 viewsThis 1940 photograph is from the collection of the Library of Congress.
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wellfieldscrew1915.jpg1450 viewsWELL FIELDS WORK CREW / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1915. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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unionch.jpg1440 viewsSALTVILLE UNION CHURCH (1870-1967) DESTROYED BY FIRE / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE / NOVEMBER 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Madam Russell Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South1437 viewsThis postcard dates from the 1920s. Note the picket fence in the foreground which no longer is there.
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McCready - Aerial View1424 viewsThis aerial view of McCready's Gap was taken August 28, 1997 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Northwood High School1424 viewsAGLOW FROM A SETTING SUN...NORTHWOOD HIGH...LITTLE MOUNTAIN...AND THE WHITE ROCK AREA OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Saltville Elementary School ca. 19241423 viewsSALTVILLE ELEMENTARY / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1924. CRABTREE COLLECTION. Courtesy if Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Elizabeth Cemetery1413 viewsPhoto May 12, 2007 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Rich Valley - North Fork of Holston River From Cliff View Road.1413 viewsNorth Fork of Holston River From Cliff View Road, October 24, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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saltvillehouse.jpg1406 viewsThis ca. 1915 post card shows East Main Street. The building in the foreground is the Saltville Hotel.
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Saltville - Automobile Outing 19121395 viewsTHIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE PICTURES GIVEN TO ME IN THE LATE 1960s BY MY NEIGHBOR, LULA SHANNON. SHE IS THE LADY SITTING ON THE LEFT. IN 1969 SHE WAS 80 YEARS OLD. I HAVE SEEN OTHER PICTURES WITH HER IN THEM WHERE DR. EARLY WAS MENTIONED AS BEING IN THE PICTURE WITHOUT SPECIFIC IDENTIFICATION. COULD THIS BE HIM DRIVING? WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THAT OLD CAR IS.

THE PICTURE APPEARS TO BE IN THE AREA OF THE OLD CHATHAM HILL DAM WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES THE RIVER JUST BELOW WHERE THE DAM WAS LOCATED.

THE SHANNONS LIVED IN THE CHATHAM HILL AREA BEFORE MOVING TO SALTVILLE WHEN LULA AND HER BROTHER DOUG WERE VERY YOUNG. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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