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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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Honaker - New Garden Primitive Baptist Church821 viewsThis photo by Janice Busic (janice_b@verizon.net), shows this old church which was probably used as a hospital during the civil war.
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saltvilleworkcrew.jpg821 viewsThis late 1930s photo by John Porter shows a work crew probably working on a water line near the Mathieson Company Store.
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Blacksburg - Miles Stadium821 viewsThis is a 1930s postcard view.
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Wytheville - 1846 Engraving821 viewsThis engraving of Wytheville is taken from Howe's History of Virginia, published in 1846.
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Chestnut Hill - Hash Cabin821 viewsThis image shows the cabin of John and Sarah Hash in the mid-20th century, as it was being dismantled. Photo by Espy Allen Deal. Courtesy of Tamara Deal Shepherdarmageddon@skybest.com
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spencerbud1939.jpg820 viewsGrandpa Bud, William Troy Spencer, at the Whitetop Mountain Folk Festival in 1939. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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Nelson_Family_Civil_War_Charcoal~0.jpg820 viewsThis is a Civil War charcoal pic in the Nelson/Hutton family.

It came from the Nelson side of the family and from my hurriedly research (not too much time was spent in research) it could be Martin Nelson and his wife Lucinda.

No names are on the pic.

Martin and Lucinda Nelson lived in Grayson Co.

Courtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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cannon.jpg820 viewsTHIS IS WHERE THE CANNON ON THE TOWN HALL LAWN USED TO BE. IT WAS MOVED WHEN OLIN BUILT THE COMPUTER CENTER WHICH NOW HOUSES THE BANK OF MARION. THE MOVE TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Grassy Creek - Virginia-Carolina Class820 viewsThis is the8th grade class at Virginia- Carolina High School for 1948-49.
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820 viewsThis is the Russell Family Reunion at Baptist Union Church in Flat Ridge, VA
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Thomas Caudill House819 viewsThe House of Thomas Caudill, still standing in 2003. Built ca. 1865.
Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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leecalvin.jpg819 viewsResident of Saltville, Virginia, though born in Strawberry Plains, Tennessee. From the 1922 Alkalite
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