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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 - Washington County, VA
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Glade Spring - Mt. Rose Cemetery692 viewsMt. Rose Cemetery, Glade Spring, July 2, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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wmkinghs1922.jpg564 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1922.
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100_1286.jpg522 viewsPhoto March 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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Plasterco - Trestle at Tin Bridge Hollow.506 viewsNEW BRIDGE WAS REPLACING OLD ONE ON RIGHT / TIN BRIDGE / NEAR PLASTERCO, VA. / CIRCA 1907. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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tumblingcreek703.jpg483 viewsLocated in Poor Valley, near Saltville, Virginia, this image was made July 2004 by Jeff Weaver
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Glade Spring - Glade Spring High School Class of 1952460 viewsCourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Konnarock - Whitetop Railroad459 viewsThis is a circa 1920 postcard view shows the railroad to Whitetop between Konnarock and Damascus, VA.
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Poor Valley - Johnson's Store447 viewsBILLY JOE NUNN'S 1951 LIGHT GREEN WAYFARER DODGE SITTING IN FRONT OF BILL JOHNSON'S STORE DOWN POOR VALLEY IN MAY OF 1955

BJ NUNN PHOTO
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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gladehsffa1950s.jpg430 viewsThis is perhaps a photo of the FFA Club at Glade Springs High School from the early 1950s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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FARRISHOGSTONHENDERSON408.jpg422 viewsHUNTING TRIP TO BIG TUMBLING COVE...PICTURED FROM LEFT IS SID FARRIS, ROB HOGSTON, AND BOLEN HENDERSON. THE DATE IS OCTOBER 2, 1926.
Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Meadowview - Astom Stagecoach Inn417 viewsPhoto by Harriett rasnick Fall 2006. Courtesy of Harriet Rasnick herasnick@comcast.net
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damcccsmall.jpg415 viewsFrom a 1934 photo.
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