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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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mwlucycole.jpg1155 viewsMilton Cole was the s/o David Cole and Manerva Parks. Lucy was the daughter of Arad Roberts and Frances Delp. Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com
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Flora Black McMillan courtesy Pauline Reeves Eastridge.jpg1155 viewsFlora Black McMillan 1868-1941, Ashe County. Courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.

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healingsprings.jpg1155 viewsThis post card dates from the 1930s. This structure burned in the early 1960s.
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wardelbridge.jpg1154 viewsThis ca. 1934 postcard shows the Wardel Bridge on Route 19 between Lebanon and Tazewell, Virginia.
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JUNE182006DRAGCAR1963469.jpg1153 viewsBILL JOE NUNN RACING TEAM / SEPTEMBER 1963
FROM LEFT...FRONT...HOWARD MALOYED AND BILL JOE NUNN
FROM LEFT...IN CAR...BILL DEBORD AND KEN WOODARD Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Kilby, Troy and Family1153 viewsTroy H Kilby family circa 1920 seated: Troy H Kilby and Cosby Jane Spencer. Back row l to r: Preston Hicks, Carl Norman, Louis Jesse, Ala Marenthia, Isaac Webb and Charity Magnolia Kilby. Courtesy of Rachel Hamilton RHamilton@allstate.com
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Hash, Boyden and Tamsey Rutherford1153 viewsThis photo is of Boyden & Tamsey (Rutherford) Hash in their old age down at Gold Hill, VA. You can see the covered wagon faintly in the back on the top of the hill. From the Howard Hash Collection, courtesy of Brenda Hash Eugenio cherokee9550@verizon.net
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wellfields41973.jpg1152 viewsTHis is an early April 1973 shot showing the well fields and a general view of town by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Saltville - Bus Wreck1152 views45 YEARS AGO...R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL, SALTVILLE, VA. / SENIOR TRIP BUS WRECK / CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. / MAY 1962

RIP PAYNE PHOTO / COURTESY OF PAT CLAPP WIMMER. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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0466.jpg1151 viewsCourtesy of the Museum of the Middle Applachians.
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berthablastpulaski1908.jpg1151 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard view.
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