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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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graysonmill.jpg975 viewsThis image was made in the 1890s.
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ntazewell1909.jpg975 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard view of North Tazewell.
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Totten, Tom975 viewsMALCOLM MARTIN OF ENGLAND VISITED SALTVILLE IN SEPTEMBER OF 1969. HIS GRANDPARENTS, THE BARNES FAMILY, LIVED IN THE HOUSE ON WEST MAIN IN THE 1890s THAT WOULD LATER BECOME THE M. S. DUNHAM HOME. THE BARNES' HAD COME TO SALTVILLE WITH THE MATHIESONS AND OTHER ENGLISHMEN TO START THE MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS IN SALTVILLE. THE MATHIESONS HAD COME FROM WIDNES, ENGLAND. LATER, THE BARNES FAMILY WOULD RETURN TO ENGLAND AND IN 1902 THE DUNHAMS CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA.

MALCOLM IS SHOWN HERE WITH TOM TOTTEN, LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND HISTORIAN. Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Cripple Creek - Raven Cliff Furnace975 viewsRaven Cliff Furnace, located on National Forest Recreation Area, Gleaves Rd., Cripple Creek, Wythe County, VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Unknown - Feed Mixing975 viewsThis 1929 image shows two Ashe County, NC farmers, (names unknown) mixing feed for dairy cattle. Courtesy of the Archives of North Carolina State University.
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Draper - Draper Valley at Night975 viewsTjis 1940s postcard shows the Draper Valley at night.
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100_1317.jpg974 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Wytheville - Crockett Falls974 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard of Crockett Falls.
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emsmith002.jpg973 viewsThis is a photo of a young Esther Magdaline Smith, b.1-6-1878, d.3-9-1935, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. She never married. Esther was born at Vance's Tank [Bristol], Sullivan County, TN. She is the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith.

I would guesstimate the photo was taken approximately 1900 or so.

Courtesy of Debi Coe

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MTPONY.jpg973 viewsThis photo, courtesy of Mary C. Blevins, shows a pair of wild ponies on Whitetop mountain.
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Sheppard, Sweeney973 viewsSWEENEY SHEPPARD AND HIS BLACK 1960 PLYMOUTH SAVOY TAXI / SALTVILLE, VA. / SEPTEMBER 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Jacob Estep972 viewsWilkes County, NC.
Stone of my g-g-g-grandfather
Duncan-Estep Cemetery
Jacob Estep (11/16/1792-6/23/1869

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