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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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Glade Spring - Mt. Rose Cemetery695 viewsMt. Rose Cemetery, Glade Spring, July 2, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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hicks13.jpg694 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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arnoldsarah.jpg694 viewsGrave Marker for Sarah Arnold. Born May 20, 1839 - Died ____ 1898.
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graybealandrew.jpg694 viewsGrave marker for Andrew Graybeal (1808-1900)
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100_1654.jpg694 viewsThis church was established in 1825. This building dates from about 1900. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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phippsevalee.jpg694 viewsMrs. Eva Lee Cox Phipps is shown here teaching English at Virginia Carolina in 1965. She and her husband, Joe X Phipps, lived at Mouth of Wilson.
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Saltville - Brine Pump694 viewsThis is an August 1972 photo of a brine pump in the well fields, without its housing. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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dunhamsyard.jpg694 viewsTHESE WERE MYRL DUNHAM'S CARS. THE BIG TREE IN THE BACK YARD WAS AN ENGLISH WALNUT. IT WAS PLANTED BY THE FAMILY THAT CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM ENGLAND WHEN THE MATHIESONS STARTED THE PLANT. THEY LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND. THEIR NAME WAS BARNES.

IN 1902, M. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. TO TAKE OVER THE WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A WHILE. HIS SON, HARRY, ALSO LIVED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY HARRY AND REBA DUNHAM'S DAUGHTER, MARY.

THE WALNUT TREE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE PICTURE IS FROM APRIL OF 1957. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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wythevillebaptist.jpg693 views1950s era real photo postcard.
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pulaskinationalbank.jpg693 viewsThis is from a late 1910s or early 1920s postcard.
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spencerchildren2.jpg693 viewsChildren of Wiliam Spencer and Mahala Weaver Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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ussprucelumber1908.jpg693 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows the lumber yards for the U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Marion, VA.
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