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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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plastermine1905.jpg456 viewsThis circa 1905 view shows an opening from which gypsum was mined near Saltville.
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mtncitypostcard1942.jpg456 viewsThis 1942 postcard announces greetings from Mountain City. Problem is, this doesn't look anything like Mountain City.
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100_1381.jpg455 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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pics 038.jpg455 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - View of Village455 viewsThis view of the village of Blowing Rock was taken from the Moses Cone Estate in 1930.
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Mitchell, Gabriel Family455 viewsLeft to right, Pearl, Grandpa Mitchell, Minnie, Annie, Nicollie, Husie, HBoss, John & Squire. The Baby is Nicollie's and the little girl is Pearl's. Courtesy of David Arnolddavid-arnold@comcast.net
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This is an example of the historical markers that used to dot the VA landscape. 455 views
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rt11abingdon.jpg454 viewsThis is a 1930-45 view of Route 11 between Abingdon and Bristol.
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100_1657.jpg454 viewsPhoto April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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july2006pic 026.jpg454 viewsThis is photo was taken July 22, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. It shows the Black Rock located on U.S.21 north of Independence.
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greenpark.jpg453 viewsThis image from the early 20th century is taken from an old postcard.
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abingdonmeth1920.jpg453 viewsThis postcard image was created in the 1920s.
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