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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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hicks14.jpg798 viewscourtesy of Thom Houk.
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pulaskiepiscopal.jpg798 viewsFrom 1930s postcard.
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wytheville1911.jpg798 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing the Wythe County, VA Courthouse.
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wmweaver1.jpg798 viewsWade Weaver (1895-1975) m. Martha "Mattie" Kathryn Baldwin. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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nessen.jpg798 viewsRON NESSEN, LEFT, OF NBC NEWS, INTERVIEWS MAYOR BILL TOTTEN OF SALTVILLE IN JULY OF 1970 ABOUT THE IMPENDING SHUTDOWN OF OLIN'S SALTVILLE PLANT ON DECEMBER 31, 1972.

NESSEN WOULD LATER BECOME PRESIDENT GERALD FORD'S PRESS SECRETARY FROM 1974-1977. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Retired Mathieson Employee Dinner798 viewsDINNER FOR RETIRED MATHIESON EMPLOYEES / MADAM RUSSELL CHURCH / SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1956. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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healingspringsschool.jpg797 viewsCourtey of Bette Nelson
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outhouse.jpg797 viewsAn outhouse located on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 1978.
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baptistchapelcem.jpg797 viewsThis is a general view of the cemetery at Baptist Chapel Church. The stone in the foreground is for Alice P. Phipps. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978,
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000_0082.jpg797 viewsMusuem piece on display in Saltville, built in 1894 in Rhode Island.
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Daddy_sArmyPortrait2.jpg797 viewsIra Johnson, taken in Berlin in 1945 or '46 while serving in the US Army during WWII. On the back of this original protrait is a love letter written to my mother, Edna Ruth Davidson Johnson back home in Saltville, Virginia. It is addressed "To the sweetest wife in the world...."
Courtesy of Lesa Long ladygwenhwyvar@hotmail.com
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100_1570.jpg797 viewsThis church is located on old Highway 16 near Grassy Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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