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
idlewildschool.jpg
idlewildschool.jpg762 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
lester11.jpg
lester11.jpg762 viewsShe was the daughter of Charles E. Folden, and lived at Glade Spring, VA.
100_1728.jpg
Dickinsonville - First Russell County Court House762 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver October 15, 2006.
whcoomes.jpg
whcoomes.jpg761 viewsDr. William Henry Coomes, (s/o James T. Coomes) b. 1844. Courtesy of Patience Northern
sturgilljechildren.jpg
sturgilljechildren.jpg761 viewsShow in this ca. 1955 shot are (sitting) William Sturgill (standing left to right); Ersa Dell Sturgill Gamble, Lanta Sturgill Spencer; Steve Sturgill, Cora Sturgill Frazier; and Guida Sturgill Weaver. All were children of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
wythevillechurchstreet.jpg
wythevillechurchstreet.jpg761 viewsThis 1908 postcard shows Church Street in Wytheville being flooded.
sunset1708.jpg
Saltville - Well Fields at Sunset761 viewsDUCKS ON THE POND, FEATURING HUEY, DEWEY AND LOUIE / SALTVILLE, VA. / JAN. 7, 2008. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cmcast.net


JHANDY.jpg
Mann, Charles and Julietta Handy761 viewsThis is Charles and Julietta Handy Mann. Julietta was the daughter of John Handy Jr. and Gracie Duval. Charles came to Ashe Co. from Stauton, Va. to Ashe County where he and Juliette were married. Later they moved to Washington County, Va. Courtesy of Mary Blevins. mcblevins@hotmail.com

june2006pic 034.jpg
june2006pic 034.jpg760 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 10, 2006. This spring house is located on the one time property of John Hash and wife, Sarah Hash. This is the site of the Hash reunion each June.
madamrussellhall.jpg
madamrussellhall.jpg760 viewsFrom a 1930-45 postcard.
mine52dante.jpg
Dante - Entrance to mine No. 52760 viewsFrom a postcard from the mid-20th century.
mawrailtracks.jpg
mawrailtracks.jpg760 viewsThis scene from the late 1930s, shows railroad tracks and miscellaneous equipment at the Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville. Photo by John Porter.
4754 files on 397 page(s) 146


[Edit]