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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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NEW_107_HWY102.jpg667 viewsThis photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net is the site of the future Saltville overlook, taken in 1964 while Highway 107 was underconstruction.
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pic 001.jpg667 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver May 2006.
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kenthelen101981.jpg667 viewsThis photo was taken in October 1981 by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) of Helen Kent at the 1981 Homecoming.
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jonescharlie1.jpg667 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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Chilhowie - Picking Apples667 viewsThis photo from Edna Bonham Love shows a man picking apples in one of the orchards which used to exist in this community.
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Perkins Family Group667 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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Perkins Cemetery667 viewsThis Cemetery contains at least two Civil War Soldiers.
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saltville1.jpg666 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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Daddy_sArmyPortrait2.jpg666 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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EastMainStreetSaltvilleinthe40s(3).jpg666 viewsThis view of East Main Street was made in the 1940s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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wagonfactry.jpg666 viewsThis is a 1907 photo. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins.
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upperwellfields41973.jpg666 viewsThis April 1073 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the Upper Well Fields and West Main Street in April 1973.
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