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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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Lyle, Ethel Davis2102 viewsBorn December 2, 1905 to Elder Edd Davis and Senia Miller.
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Saltville - Muck Pond2069 viewsLime-mud waste of Mathieson Alkali Works. Approximately 300-tons a day poured into pond. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the collection of the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Mulberry - Mount Lawn Memorial Park2054 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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HendersonJWarticle.jpg2026 viewsCourtesy of Jack Hockett tlas101@aol.com
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196billsturgill.jpg2020 viewsThis 1920s view is of Bill Sturgill plowing his father's farm at Wolf Knob with a team of oxen. He was the son of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
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121sarahhash.jpg1970 viewsSarah Hash (left) 1817-1915, was the daughter of Robert Hash; she was married to John Hash, son of William "Wilson Bill" Hash and Hannah Bonham. Margery (1844-1925) was their daughter. She was married first to Peter Kelly, who died in 1865 or so, and later married to Nathaniel Phipps. They lived at Weavers Ford/Chestnut Hill, in Ashe County, NC.
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Pulaski - View looking South1941 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute1921 viewsThis 1906 postcard shows a snowy day on the VPI campus.
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mabryfamily.jpg1908 viewsSee typed note on the photo for identification.
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woodlawnschool1911.jpg1901 viewsWoodlawn School Group. It was taken in 1911 of Forest Oak School in Woodlawn, VA. The teacher on the far right was Richard Farmer. My father, Roscoe Maberry 8 yr. old was the boy in the 2nd row with part of his face missing; his brother, Garland Maberry 7 yr. old is the second boy from him (in the same row); his brother Willie Mayberry 9 yr. is the face between the next two boys (in the same row); Anna Brown, who married Willie is in the front row, 6th from the right. Courtesy of Rita Mayberry.

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Youngchildren.jpg1898 viewsChildren of Calvin and Pop (Kilby) Young: (l to r): Irvin Young, J. B. Young, Denton Young Jones, Paul Young, Minnie Young Dickson. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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bucketline31962.jpg1879 viewsTHE HIGH BUCKET LINE TOWER AT BRITISH ROW / MATHIESON SERVICE STATION PARKING LOT / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 1962
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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