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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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Cox Chapel Community Center781 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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mtnlake~0.jpg781 viewsThis is a view of Mountain Lake from the hotel on the lake shore. Postcard from the 1950s.
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mathiesonneil.jpg781 viewsOne of the Mathieson brothers who established the Mathieson Alkali Works. Lived briefly in Saltville. From the 1922 Alkalite
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ingramrobert.jpg781 viewsThey lived in Harford County, MD when this image was made, but had previously lived on Haw Orchard, Grayson County, VA.
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Konnarock1911.bmp781 viewsThis facilty sat about 100 yards on the Smyth County side of the Smyth/Washington County line. This postcard dates from 1911.
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Mouth of Wilson - The Round House781 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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Williams, Leftwich781 viewsThis is Leftwich Williams in the U.S. Army uniform for World War I (1917-1918).
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saltvillepool.jpg780 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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abramsfalls.jpg780 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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Troutdale - Sunrise Over Troutdale780 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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GeorgeLaRue,MaryLaRue,EdJeffery,SallyJefferyRutherford.jpg780 viewsLeft George LaRue, Mary LaRue, Ed Jeffrey, and Sally Jeffery Rutherford. Courtesy of Bobbi huskypup@bellsouth.net
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