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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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Senter, Rosamond Pugh951 viewsWife of Calvin Halbert Senter. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.
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Saltville - Well Fields951 viewsThis is a circa 1915 color postcard of the well fields in Saltville.
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Cox Chapel Community Center950 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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valleypikeinn.jpg950 viewsFrom 1960s postcard.
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davisdoc.jpg950 viewsPhoto 1937, from collections of the Library of Congress.
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hmlake.jpg950 viewsThis 1940 real photo postcard shows the Hungry Mother Lake and Consessionaire's home.
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Rural Retreat - Lover's Cove950 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1938.
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Saltville - Field pf Beans950 viewsField of beans planted along contours so as to prevent washing on steep slopes. Walker Mountain (M 15). Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No datembut circa 1910. From the U. S. Geological Survey.

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westjeff1916.jpg949 viewsThis view of West Jefferson was taken in 1916.
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100_1254.jpg949 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 12, 2006.
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spencerchildren2.jpg949 viewsChildren of Wiliam Spencer and Mahala Weaver Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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bucketline101968.jpg949 viewsNEARING THE END...THE BUCKET LINE... SHOWN HERE HEADING FOR THE ANGLE JUNCTION, WOULD SOON BE SHUT DOWN FOREVER. IT HAD A 66 YEAR RUN. MATHIESON HAD BUILT IT IN 1902. TRUCKS REPLACED THE BUCKET LINE FOR THE FEW REMAINING YEARS BEFORE OLIN CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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