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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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BUCKETLINEAUG1967089.jpg1013 viewsBUCKETS HEADED FOR THE LIME KILNS...AUGUST 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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hassingertrain.jpg1013 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing one of Hassinger Lumber Company's logging trains in operation.
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Saltville - Charlie Kestner1013 viewsCHARLIE KESTNER OF BUCKEYE HOLLOW DISPLAYS HIS 5 LB. 14 OZ. TURNIP / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1970

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO . Curtesy of Don Smith demith1043@comcast.net


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Jefferson - Bluff Mountain1013 viewsPhoto taken from the parking lot of Ashe Memorial Hospital looking west on June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Weaver Family1013 viewsFront row, Patti Osborne Weaver, Kylie Decker, Lora Jane Church Weaver; Back row, Jeff Weaver, Austin Weaver, and Eric Weaver. Photo taken March 1, 2008 on the occasion of the funeral of Sue Phipps Weaver at Pleasant Home Baptist Church, Grassy Creek, Ashe County, NC.
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weaverlucy.jpg1012 views Left, Zola Pauline Blevins Vannoy, Lucy J. Blevins Weaver (center), daughters of James Riley Blevins and Mary Elizabeth Davis. Right, Bays Wood, son of Floyd and Martha Davis Wood. Courtesy of Bette Nelson bette_nelson@comcast.net
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weaverce.jpg1012 viewsPhoto taken in the late 1950s at Damascus, Virginia.
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june2006pic 033~0.jpg1012 viewsPhoto June 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Independence - Vault Museum1012 viewsAnother shot of the contents of the Vault Museum in the 1908 Grayson County Court House. Photo May 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Volney - Tobacco Patch1012 viewsBurley Tobacco has been a staple of the New River Agricultural economy since the 1940s. The road in the right of the photo is Virginia 16. Photo July 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Richadson, Luther and Dwight1012 viewsLuther Richardson with baby Dwight Richardson. Picture submitted by great granddaughter Lynn Sexton Gallegos Arbadella64@yahoo.com

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wellfields1.jpg1011 viewsPhoto summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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