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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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salthouse1.jpg746 viewsA CLOSER LOOK AT THE OLD SALT HOUSE BUILDING.

OLD SALT HOUSE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE GEORGIA SALT FURNACE. THE SALT HOUSE WAS USED FOR STORING SACKS AND BARRELS. AFTER IT WAS NO LONGER USED FOR THAT THE TOP FLOOR BECAME THE MEETING PLACE FOR WILLIAM KING MASONIC LODGE NO. 227 OF SALTVILLE FROM 1901 UNTIL A NEW MEETING HALL WAS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN IN 1949.

THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS USED BY MATHIESON CHEMICALS.

IN MARCH OF 1965...SHORTLY AFTER THIS PICTURE WAS MADE, THE OLD SALT HOUSE WAS TORN DOWN. IT WAS LOCATED ON WEST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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mainstchristiansburg.jpg746 viewsThis post card dates from the 1920s.
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Wytheville - Chimney Rock746 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing Chimney Rock near Wytheville.
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Bedsaul, Carl J.746 viewsThis one is labeled Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Bedsaul. The 1920 census for Carroll County, VA shows a Carl J. Bedsaul, age 25, with wife Pearl. He is doubtless a relative of Martha Bedsaul who married Stephen F. Frost of Carroll. Courtesy of Mike Marshall mmarshall13@triad.rr.com
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wythech1913.jpg745 viewsThis is a 1913 view.
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000_0082.jpg745 viewsMusuem piece on display in Saltville, built in 1894 in Rhode Island.
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Dante - Diesel Engine745 viewsFrom a 1956 photograph.
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stpaulbridge.jpg745 viewsThis is a railroad bridge over the Clinch River at St. Paul, VA.
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jonescharlie1.jpg745 viewsCharlie Alexander Jones (B. 1867, Floyd Co., VA? D. 1953 Grayson County, VA) and wife Lear Jestin Rutherford (B 1858 D. 1953) who are buried in the McKenzie Cemetery. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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Weaver, Elihu Family745 viewsLeft to right: Wilburn, Curtis, Elihu, Sophronia, and Vilenia. Elihu Weaver was the son of Clayborn Monroe and Martha Litisha Phipps Weaver. Sophronia was the daughter of Wilburn Kilby. This photo dates to about 1932 and was taken at thier home at Wolf Knob in western Grayson County. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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spencerisaac.jpg744 viewsHigher resolution image of this couple.
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puckettcabin.jpg744 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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