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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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AUG8VICTORYTHEATREANDMUSIC747.jpg740 viewsThis photo shows the demolition of the Victory Theater in Saltville in March 1988. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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altamonthospital.jpg740 viewsThis real photo post card dates from the early 1930s.
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Saltville - Tumbling Creek Falls740 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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Allison Gap - Geological Formations740 viewsRidge making ledge of Price Mountain, probably to of Chemung strata, Allison Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date,but circa 1910.

Image from the U.S. Geological Survey
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Perkins Cemetery740 viewsThis Cemetery contains at least two Civil War Soldiers.
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haymarion2.jpg739 viewsPhoto was taken in 1940. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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Old Double Creek Church739 viewsThis church, of course, is now abandoned. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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moravianfalls.jpg739 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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minnieanderson~0.jpg739 viewsMinnie Elvira Anderson with her second husband, Charlie Deathridge (sp?), and her son Gale from a prior relationship. Minnie is my great-grandmother, Papaw James Virgil Anderson's mother. Uncle Gale is 90 years old and still living in the Smyth County area. Picture from Lena Anderson Osborne.

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Mouth of Wilson - The Round House739 viewsThis house was built by Dan Idol in 1874. Although called the Round House it is actually octagonal. There was a mini-craze for octagonal houses in the mid-19th century. This is apparently the only one in Grayson County. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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saltvillebattlefield.jpg738 viewsThis is a early 20th century postcard showing the battlefield for the October 2, 1864 fight.
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