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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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darnelljohnson.jpg904 viewsJohnson Avery Darnell Jan. 16, 1874-Mar.26, 1962
Eldest child of Sylvester and Martha Weaver Darnell.

Courtesy of Mary Ann Talbott. matalbott@seidata.com
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Karen Reeves and Bobby Hudler.jpg904 viewsBobby and Jenny Karen Reeves Hudler circa 1956. Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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Blevins, Doris Rose903 viewsDoris Rose Blevins, daughter of Garfield Blevins and Mattie Weaver is shown here on Wolf Knob,m Grayson County, VA. Her grandparents, Clayborne Monoe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps' log cabin is seen in the background.
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hwy121hillsville.jpg902 viewsThis view made in the early 1930s shows Highway 121 approaching Hillsville. I presume that this is now highway 221.
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belspringdepot.jpg902 viewsThis is an October 1947 photograph of the Norfolk and Western Depot at Belsprings, VA.
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Saltville - Mathieson Alakli Works Boilermakers.901 viewsBOILERMAKERS / MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1919


TOP ROW - L-R - LLOYD SHORTT, BILL SHORTT, CLAUDE JACKSON, DAVE DEBUSK, FLETCHER BROWN, BOB POORE, WILLIE "BEAR" ROUTH, HAYNES DAVIS

BOTTOM - L-R- JOHN POORE, GARLAND LOWE, SID FARRIS, CHARLES GILBERT, WORLEY FRYE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Poplar Camp - Jackson's Ferry and Shot Tower Marker899 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Saltville - Government Plant Area899 viewsGOVERNMENT PLANT AREA / SALTVILLE, VA. / MARCH 29, 1918 / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith [email]dsmith1043@comcast.net[/emai]
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916.jpg898 viewsSon of Elihu Weaver, lived at Wolf Knob, Grayson County, VA. Photo taken 1978.
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newrivermoonlite.jpg898 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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Allison Gap - Henderson Boardwine Store898 viewsHENDERSON-BOARDWINE STORE / ALLISON GAP, VA. / CIRCA 1920 Courtesy of Don Smith [email]dsmith1043@comcast,neet[/email]

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spencerfred.jpg897 viewsSon of Isaac Greely Spencer and Maggie Sturgill.
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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