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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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100_1262.jpg555 viewsThis is a field at the Grayson-Smyth County line on Fairwood road. Photo March 12, 2006 6:10 p.m.
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saltvillelab.jpg555 viewsThis photo is very early 20th century.
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lester20.jpg555 viewsDean Tuel Lester is on the left in the Navy uniform, and George B. Lester is on the right in the Army uniform. Photo 1942/1943.
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saltville1905.jpg555 viewsThis is a circa 1905 view of the Saltville Well Fields.
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foxbaseball1914.jpg555 viewsThis is a 1914 photo of the Fox Creek Baseball team. In the days before Television, many rural communites fielded teams to compete against those in neighboring areas.
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hmbeach.jpg555 viewsThis is from an early 1950 postcard.
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saltaqua.jpg554 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, February 2003. This facility is an experimental station from Virginia Tech to investigate commercial fish farming.
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LOVER_SLEAPANDNEAROVERLOOKAPRIL152006013.jpg554 viewsThis view was taken on April 15, 2006 by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) from Lover's Leap. The larger building in the center left is the Food Country grocery store. The building in the center with the blue roof is Pizza Plus, and the structure to the left is the Saltville Medical Center.
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Cambria - View from Cambria Hill554 viewsThis view of North Christiansburg was taken from Cambria Hill circa 1910.
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galax1907.jpg553 viewsFrom a real-photo postcard, dated 1907.
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Hotel Wilkes553 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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wilkesboromain1924.jpg553 viewsMain Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924
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