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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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Helton - Greenwood Methodist Church910 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2003.
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woodlawnschool.jpg909 viewsThis photo is from 1937.
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strugilljames1816.jpg908 viewsJames Sturgill, Jr., son of James Sturgill, Sr., lived at Piney Creek, Alleghany County, NC.
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961.jpg908 viewsFlorence Weaver, daughter of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. Born in Grayson County but moved to Smyth as an adult, and worked at the Southwest Virginia State Hospital.
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Robert and Dora McMillan Vannoy courtesy Pauline Eastridge.jpg908 viewsJames Robert 1878-1968 and Dora Florence McMillan Vannoy 1881-1960, Ashe County Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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pulaskialumsprings.jpg908 viewsThis is a 1906 postcard view.
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Pauline Eastridge.jpg907 viewsDora Pauline Reeves 1905-1997, Nathans Creek. Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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cornmarion1.jpg906 viewsThis is another agricultural photograph made in 1940 from the collection of the Libraryof Congress.
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Hillsville - Ground Hog Mountain906 viewsFrom a 1960s era postcard. Located at mile marker 188 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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WHITEROCKSOLIN240.jpg905 viewsAERIAL SHOT OF OLIN CHEMICALS IN SALTVILLE, VA. SIX MONTHS AFTER THE SHUTDOWN...JULY 1973. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Saltville - The Davidson Band905 viewsTHE DAVIDSON BAND / SALTVILLE, VA. / SEPTEMBER 3, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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pollyruthgladys.jpg904 viewsThis photo is courtesy of Heather Sexton. Gladys Spencer Phipps (eldest), Ruth Phipps Sexton, Polly
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