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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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pinetavern.jpg969 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
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cassellfarm.jpg969 viewsThis is a 1976 photo of the Cassell Family farm house located on what is now Country Club Estates in Wytheville. Courtesy of Steve Grubb steppen_dawg@yahoo.com
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hillsvillejail.jpg969 viewsThis is from a postcard from the 1910s, probably 1912-14.
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pics 001.jpg969 viewsThis facility which opned in 2006 houses the Whitetop Library and Senior center. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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Johnson City - East Tennessee Electric Company969 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the East Tennessee Electric Company's hydo facility near Johnson City.
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Totten, Bill and Sanders, Frank969 viewsTWO OF SALTVILLE'S FORMER MAYORS...BILL TOTTEN, LEFT, AND FRANK SANDERS

THIS WAS AT THE STUART HOUSE DEDICATION ON WEST MAIN STREET IN SALTVILLE, VA. IN JUNE OF 1973. CCourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cokmcast.net
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lansingschool.jpg968 viewsThis photo was taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Courtesy of Bette Nelson
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Log Church968 viewsphoto taken morning Feb. 17, 2006 by Ric Sheets.
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IsaacLathamSmithandDarcusAdaladeSmith0001.jpg968 viewsJames Latham Smith, b.4-9-1845, d.3-28-1922, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN

Darcus Adalaide Smith Cole, b.12-21-1871, d.2-14-1963, buried at Weaver Union Church Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan County, TN

The photo may have been taken between 1917-1920.

Photo courtesy of Debi Coe
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floydarsenicmine.jpg968 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
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whitetopmap1913.jpg968 viewsThis map made in 1913 shows the layout of the streets in the proposed Whitetop City.
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Minnie_Brown_Parks.jpg968 viewsMinnie Brown Parks was the second wife of William Kendrick Parks -- she was a widow -- not sure what her maiden name was. Lived in the Grant area. Courtesy of Chrissie A. Peters.
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