Skip to content

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.

Most viewed
livehse.jpg
livehse.jpg728 viewsThis photograph is from the early 1970s.
hoteltucker.jpg
hoteltucker.jpg728 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
saltkettle71872.jpg
saltkettle71872.jpg728 viewsTHE ORIGINAL SALT KETTLE THEATRE...SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE...JULY 1972....

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043W@comcast.net
pics 064~0.jpg
Chilhowie - Barn on Lyons Gap Road728 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 11, 2007.
Bartrom_Galbraith.jpg
728 views
aeastridge.jpg
Eastridge - Andrew and Martisha Eastridge728 viewsHe was the son of Pleasant Eastridge(born ~1808) and Phoebe Graybeal Eastridge (born 1810) - married in 1830.

Andrew had several brothers and sisters:

William b.1831, d.1888
John b. 1833, d. ?
Henry b. 1835 d.
David b. 1836,d. ?
Joel b. 1838, d. ?
Eli b. 1840, d.?
Lucy b. 1841 d.?
Mary b. 1843, d. ?
Martha b. 1846, d. ?
Sarah b. 1849, d. ?

This is the way the story goes as told by my grandfather Roby Eastridge: During the Civil War the Rebels got Andrew and were going to make him fight for them. His moth
mathiesonneil.jpg
mathiesonneil.jpg727 viewsOne of the Mathieson brothers who established the Mathieson Alkali Works. Lived briefly in Saltville. From the 1922 Alkalite
FrancesSadlerJeffery~GreatGrandfatherBillJeffery_smoth.jpg
FrancesSadlerJeffery~GreatGrandfatherBillJeffery_smoth.jpg727 viewsCourtesy of Bobbi huskypup@bellsouth.net
hwy107may65.bmp
hwy107may65.bmp727 viewsThis May 1965 photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the construction of Highway 107 from Chilhowie to Saltville. Clinch Mountain is in the background.
100_1787.jpg
100_1787.jpg727 viewsThis photo shows the offices and shop for Ashe County Cheese, North Carolina's only cheese factory. It was established on Helton Creek about 1915, and then bought by Kraft Foods in 1929 and moved to West Jefferson. When Kraft proposed to close it, the local employees bought it and continue to operate it. Photo by Jeff Weaver, October 20, 2006.
pics 100~0.jpg
Chilhowie - Bradley's Funeral Home727 viewsLocated on Old Stage Road between the Tate House and the Chilhowie Methodist Church. Their website has their obituaries for their Marion and Chilhowie locations. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 19, 2007.
1909techcampus.jpg
Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Campus727 viewsThis 1909 color postcard shows a panorama of the Virginia Tech Campus.
4754 files on 397 page(s) 131


[Edit]