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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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Dante - Diesel Engine784 viewsFrom a 1956 photograph.
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altamonthospital.jpg784 viewsThis real photo post card dates from the early 1930s.
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Perkins Family Group784 viewsHere is another picture of a family gathering at Kathleen Perkins home years ago. Anyone know when and who these are? Courtesy of Cathy Bell cjbell47@goldenwest.net
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Saltville - St.Paul's Choir783 viewsfrom the John Porter collection.
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wytheville1922.jpg782 viewsThis view shows Wytheville in the distance. It was taken from a postcard, mailed in 1922.
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sarahfam.jpg782 viewsSarah Warren Cole and her children. Top Row: Bea Cole Muth, Sarah and Margaret Cole Wirth Prentice (my mother) Seated: Mack, Irby and Milton Cole.
Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com
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groseclose1909.jpg782 viewsThis view of Groseclose was made circa 1909.
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saltvilleschool1910a.jpg781 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the 1905 Saltville High School in the background. This is a view looking northeast along what is now West Main Street.
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dunhamsyard.jpg781 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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Saltville - Tumbling Creek Falls781 viewsThis is another of the many water falls on Tumbling Creek, near Saltville, Virginia. Photo July 15, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Brtistol Train Station781 viewsBristol, Virginia Train Station, October 17, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith.
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Wythevillemain40s.jpg780 viewsFrom a 1940s era postcard
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