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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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Blevinsdavid.jpg1942 viewsDavid Blevins, M.D. is standing the background. Elder Jeter Calton Blevins, (1875-1957) his son is sitting to the left, his wife Rosa Sage is to the right, and she is holding their daughter Nancy. This photo was made ca. 1901 at their home about a mile south of the Virginia stateline in the Grassy Creek community.
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bucketline31962.jpg1941 viewsTHE HIGH BUCKET LINE TOWER AT BRITISH ROW / MATHIESON SERVICE STATION PARKING LOT / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 1962
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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134felixsullivan.jpg1938 viewsThis is Felix Sullivan holding his grandnephew Danny Richardson at Troutdale ca. 1950.
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Saltville - Shaker Band1932 viewsSALTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SHAKER BAND / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCTOBER 1954. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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191estelsturgill.jpg1931 viewsJames Estil Sturgill shown on the front porch of his home at Wolf Knob, Grayson County, Virginia in 1952. He was the son of Joshua Sturgill and Phoebe Marilda Weaver.
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480.jpg1928 viewsLeft to right; Pruner, Daisy, Ruth, Ray, Mattie, Arthur, Florence, Quincy. This photo was taken by Clarence E. Weaver in 1956 at a funeral for a nephew in Tazewell County, VA.
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blackburnfuneral.jpg1880 views This is a funeral picture from the late teens/early that purports to be a Blackburn buried over near Dr. Clays office.
Courtesy of Lonnie Jones lonnie0809@skybest.com
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2006/26/02 4:321859 viewsJasper and Rebecca Barker McClure. Jasper is the father of Edward Rufus McClure... and is the Great Grandfather of Tonja and Barbara Neaves. Courtesy of Steve Seivwright. seivwright@zoominternet.net
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Newbern - Wilderness Road Museum1858 viewsWilderness Road Regional Museum, Newbern, Pulaski Co. VA. Courtesy of David Arnold [email]]david-arnold@comcast.net[/email]
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190bfphipps.jpg1857 viewsBenjamin Franklin Phipps, photo circa. 1899. He was the son of Nathan Phipps and Margery Clementine Hash.
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wellhouse61967.jpg1848 viewsPhoto June 1967 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Mouth of Wilson - Halsey's Ferry1845 viewsThis late 1940s photo shows Halsey's Ferry across the New River near where the bridge taking Route 93 from Mouth of Wilson to Piney Creek now stands.
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