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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.

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Holdaway, John Dodson844 viewsHere is John Dodson Holdaway, the husband of Elvira Adeline Perkins and son of David Amos Holdaway and Mary Hash. Born and raised at Grayson county VA, lived near Fox Creek area, then moved to Red River county TX, along with his brother in law Gordon Perkins and family. Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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wmweaverhouse.jpg843 viewsHome of William Weaver, Jr. (1787-1876), located in Alleghany County, NC. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This house was built in 1848.
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000_0655.JPG843 viewsPhoto summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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sherwoodanderson.jpg843 viewsFamous author who had a home at Troutdale from mid-1920s until his death in 1941. Photo from the Library of Congress.
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Wytheville - Main Street at Night843 viewsThis is from a early 1940s postcard.
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jeffstparade1911.jpg842 viewsParade on Jefferson Street, Roanoke, ca. 1911
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000_0082.jpg842 viewsMusuem piece on display in Saltville, built in 1894 in Rhode Island.
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mayday1944b.jpg842 viewsMAY DAY COURT / SALTVILLE SCHOOLS / 1944

FROM LEFT - MARY HEIMANN, ELIZABETH RAY, JOHNNY LITTLE, JIM MELLINGER, REBA BRANHAM, TOMMY McKEE, MARY DUNHAM

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Intersection107and91June1964(2).jpg841 viewsThis photo was taken June 1, 1964. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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saltvillefootball1930s.jpg841 viewsThis is a photo of the 1937 Saltville Football team by John Porter.
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waltonfurnace.jpg841 viewsWalton Furnace (Walton Furnace Rd., East Piney Community), Wythe County, VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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ashehospital.jpg840 viewsThis is a view of the Old Ashe County Memorial Hospital. This building was built by the WPA in 1939-40. It opened in 1941. The hospital moved to newer facilities in the 1970s, and this building houses county offices.
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