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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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Neaves598 viewsThis is (on the left) my wife, Tonja Denise Neaves and on the right, Barbara Jane Neaves.... daughters of Albert Lowell and Ruby Jane McClure Neaves. Courtesy of Steve Seivwright. seivwright@zoominternet.net

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galax1920s.jpg598 viewsFrom a postcard.
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Saltville - Holston River Coon Club598 viewsPhoto January 12, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Troutdale - Greear House598 viewsThis October 1963 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net show the Greear House. Lee Greear was instrumental in the industrialization of Troutdale, and the incorporation of the town in 1906. This house was used as the symbol of Grayson County some years, as it was shown on the county's stickers for cars. This house was abandoned in the 1960s and demolished in the late 1970s.
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Mouth of Wilson - Phipps Dairy Farm598 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 2007.
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Pearisburg - Pearisburg Methodist Episcopal Church598 viewsThis is a 1910 color postcard.
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Red Rock Mountain598 viewsRed Rock from White Top - Highlighted by snow, the Red Rock Mountain section of the Clinch Range stands out in the distance as a far away marker for what lies below...the town of Saltville. The shot was taken from atop White Top Mountain roughly 25 miles south of Red Rock as the crow flies. At the time, Saltville's downtown temperature was 45 degrees and the temperature on White Top was 27 degrees.
Photo by Don Smith.
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wallaceschool.jpg597 viewsNeedmore (Wallace) School (Courtesy of Connie Knipp)
This is Needmore School around 1918, Carrie Countiss or Emily Holloway was the teacher. FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Garnett Leonard, Moses Luther Goodson, Charles Thomas, Howard Goodson, Ester Leonard, Wilmer Mitchell, Malcom Mitchell. Second Row: Bertha Rush ( girl with braids), Rose Goodson ( face partly hidden), Stella McCracken ( showing her watch, it is 1 p.m.) Robert Leonard. Third Row: Howard McCracken, Samuel Mitchell, Gannaway Rush, William Goodson, Nellie Goodson, Ralph Goodson, Paul Goodson, Garnett, Esther,& Robert Leonard brothers & sister, Nellie & Ralph Goodson full brother & sister, Moses Luther Goodson, a half brother, Howard & Stella McCracken, brother & sister, Howard, Rose, William, & Paul Goodson, brother & sister, Wilmar, Malcom, & Samuel Mitchell, brothers, Gannaway & Bertha Rose, brother & sister.
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100_1309.jpg597 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Galax - Mount Vale Unied Methodist Church Cemetery597 viewsPhoto of the cemetery behind Mt. Vale Methodist Church, south of Galax, April 7, 2006.
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june2006pic 040.jpg597 viewsThis is a June 10, 2006 photo of a corn field on what was at one time "Old" John Hash's farm. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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Summerfrield - Porter and Wright Store597 viewsPoole & Wright Store, Summerfield Community, Elk Creek District, Grayson County. Shawn Dunford, Photographer. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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