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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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Saltville - Shooting Olin1077 viewsThis April 1972 photo by Tom Totten shows Don Smith photographig the Olin facility as it was being prepaed for demolition. Courtsy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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Weaver, Arthur Fred with daughters Mae and Mattie1077 viewsThis photo was taken in 1954 by Clarence Weaver at Grassy Creek.
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ruralretreatair.jpg1076 viewsThis aerial view of Rural Retreat was made by Greear Studios in Wytheville, probably in the 1940s.
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Fleetwood = Amos Howell's grave marker1076 viewsThis photo is of Amos and Rhoda Edwards Howell's graves in Fleetwood, NC. Amos is son of William and Sarah Howell and Rhoda is daughter of Sterling and Salina Cobb Edwards. Courtesy of Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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drapermtn.jpg1075 viewsFrom a 1930-45 postcard.
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sylvatusschool.jpg1075 viewsThis photo is from the mid 1930s.
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WHITEROCKSOLIN240.jpg1075 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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edwardsglenn.jpg1074 viewsBorn in Carroll County, VA on October 16, 1889. Served in US Army, World War I. Attorney. Commonwealth's Attorney for Carroll County, VA in 1924. photo circa. 1922.
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ashehospital.jpg1074 viewsThis is a view of the Old Ashe County Memorial Hospital. This building was built by the WPA in 1939-40. It opened in 1941. The hospital moved to newer facilities in the 1970s, and this building houses county offices.
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scan0002.jpg1074 viewsBack: Cicero Enoch Osborne, Darthula Susan Ingram (dau of John Calvin & Charity Ann Farmer Ingram), Baby girl, Cornelia "Nelia", Cordelia, Lania, Ella Mae; Front: John Lee, Herbert, Clara, Miles, Suphronia "Fronie", Lawton, Daisy, & Courtney. (photo from John Spencer of Chatham, PA given to Irene Baldwin) Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Greer, Sadie Stamper, and Wil Vaught1074 viewsCourtesy of Sadie Stamper Greer. jgreer100@comcast.net
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salt02.jpg1073 viewsPostcard of Camp Red Rocks, above Saltville. This was an artist camp for artistically talented boys which operated in the late 1930s.
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