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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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Glendale Springs - Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church763 viewsThis church was established in 1834. Photo by Jeff Weaver March 2007.
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Saltville - From the Overlook763 viewsThis image was made on October 25, 2007 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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"Big Tom" Buchanan763 views"Big Tom" Buchanan, November 9, 2009. Photo by Don Smith.
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wythevillebusdepot.jpg762 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard
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AUG8VICTORYTHEATREANDMUSIC747.jpg762 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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AlfredHamm68NCInfCSAHeadstone.jpg762 viewsAlfred Ham served in Company L, 58th North Carolina State Troops, Confederate States Army. Courtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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abramsfalls.jpg761 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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spencermaggiewarren.jpg761 viewsMore info on Spencer and Margaret is: Spencer and Maggie are the parents of my grandmother, Sarah Warren who married Adolphus Cole, s/o Milton Cole and Lucy Roberts (Arad's daughter). Maggie's family are the Wilkes County Roberts. (need more info on these Roberts.) Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com

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CrosswhiteRachelMoofOliverHockett.jpg761 viewsCourtesy of Jack Hockett tlas101@aol.com
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Troutdale - Sunrise Over Troutdale761 viewsSunrise over Troutdale, Virginia (photo taken 7:10 a.m. on Fairwood road) by Jeff Weaver March 12, 2006. It was a very foggy morning.
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minnieanderson~0.jpg761 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 House761 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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