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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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Dismal Falls766 viewsAnother view of Dismal Falls by David Arnold taken in 1984. david.arnold@adelphia.net
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smethportextactco.jpg765 viewsThis very poor quality image is of the Smethport Extract Company made about 1918. The Smethport Extract company, a Pennsylvania firm, located in Ashe County, NC and made products from tan bark.
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bristolbarrite.jpg765 viewsThis view is from circa 1905 and shows the Barite mill at Bristol, Virginia.
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saltlibrary.JPG764 viewsPhoto taken by Jeff Weaver June 2005
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blandch2.jpg764 viewsDetail of the front of the Bland County, Court House. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 2002.
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000_0703.JPG764 viewsThis photo was taken June 2005 by Jeff Weaver
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fries01.jpg764 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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colonialinn.jpg764 viewsThis is a circa 1910 photo of the Colonial Inn, a hotel to entertain travellers to Washington Mills in Fries.
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chilhowierrxing.jpg764 viewsFrom a 1930s photograph.
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paperboy.jpg764 viewsThis October1941 photo shows a boy delivering newspapers to defense workers' homes near Radford, VA.
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Arnold, Chub and Bill Pateson764 views"CHUB" ARNOLD AND BILL PATTESON / NARROWS HIGH SCHOOL, NARROWS, VA. / NOVEMBER 2003

"CHUB" AND BILL PLAYED BASEBALL TOGETHER FOR THE SALTVILLE ALKALIES BACK IN THE 1950s. BILL RECENTLY RETIRED FROM TEACHING AND COACHING AFTER MANY YEARS AT NARROWS HIGH SCHOOL. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Bina - Phoenix Baptist Church764 viewsPhoto July 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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