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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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padgett.jpg641 viewsFrom the 1933 Masonic Yearbook of Virginia. He was grand master of the Virginia lodge that year.
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saltvilleproducts.jpg641 viewsThis image appeared in the 1922 Alkalie with the caption "Saltville Products Both."
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C.S.Hopkins.jpg641 viewsPhoto courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net
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jonesrobertja.jpg641 viewsRobert Joshua Jones (B. 1888 son of Charlie and Lear Rutherford Jones), wife Kate M. Jones and children Mildred and James Jones. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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Lansing - Lansing High School641 viewsThis is the old Lansing High School, later elementary school. Photo by Jeff Weaver May 9, 2007
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Saltville - Well Fields Hay Rolls641 viewsHAY ROLLS / WELL FIELDS / SALTVILLE, VA. / JUNE 30, 2007 / 9:54 P. M. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Collegians641 viewsBEACH MUSIC WITH THE COLLEGIANS / SALTVILLE LABOR DAY WEEKEND / SEPT. 1, 2007. Photo courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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JUNE182006DRAGCAR1963461.jpg640 viewsJOE LEWIS OF PLASTERCO...CRUISING TOWN IN HIS '37 PACKARD ON A WARM LATE SUMMER DAY IN EARLY SEPTEMBER OF 1963.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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mawrailtracks.jpg640 viewsThis scene from the late 1930s, shows railroad tracks and miscellaneous equipment at the Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville. Photo by John Porter.
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100_1815.jpg640 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Copper Valley - Fantasy Postcard640 viewsThis is a fantasy postcard from Floyd County, VA mailed in 1949.
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Saltville - Great Blue Heron640 viewsPhoto March 25, 2008 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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