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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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ponds3311972.jpg654 viewsTHE PONDS / WELL HOUSE / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 31, 1972. Coutesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Blacksburg - War Memorial654 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the War Memorial on the Virginia Tech campus.
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Fries - Blair's Ferry Homes654 viewsHomes at (historic) Blair's Ferry section of Town of Fries, Providence Dist., Grayson. These homes predate the Town of Fries. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold
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porterdryiceplant.jpg653 viewsThis is a 1937-40 image of the one of the industrial facilities operated by Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville. Photo by John Porter, courtesy of Doug Ogle.
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eleanoratwhitetop.jpg653 viewsThis photo from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library was taken on August 12, 1933, shows Eleanor Roosevelt at the Whitetop Folk Music Festival.
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Milligan - Garden on Milligan College Campus653 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard. Click here for their website.
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hotelarcher.jpg652 viewsThis is a 1908 view of the Hotel Archer.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Faculty Row652 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1909.
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Eugene P. Russell & Anne R. Halsey652 views
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Fleewood - Sarah Halsey Howell's gravemarker651 viewsThis photo is of Sarah Halsey Howell's grave in Fleetwood, NC. She was wife of William Howell and daughter of William Halsey and Rachel Cobb.
Courtesy f Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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Blowing Rock - Rock House651 viewsThis 1912 postcard image sows the Rock House on Yonolosee Road near Blowing Rock.
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The North Fork of the New River near Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, North Carolina: 651 viewsView is looking to the southwest from the east bank of the river
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