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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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catronmill~0.jpg837 viewsThis circa 1900 image shows Catron's Mill beside a partially frozen creek.
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Marion - Civil War Currebct837 viewsPictured here is a 50 cent note issued iby Smyth County, Virginia in 1862.
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Wythevill - St. John's Episcopal Church837 viewsThis postcard image dates from 1911,
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dunhamms1924.jpg836 viewsEmployee of Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville, this image is from the 1924 Alkalite.
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dunford.jpg836 viewsThis 1937 photo was taken in Galax by John Lomax.
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wellfields31965.jpg836 viewsBARN AT LEFT WOULD BECOME THE SALT KETTLE THEATRE IN 1973. BUILDING BEING RAZED IS AN OLD SALT HOUSE BUILT ON THE SITE OF THE GEORGIA SALT FURNACE. IT WAS USED FOR STORING SACKS AND BARRELS WHEN IT WAS A SALT HOUSE. WHEN IT WAS NO LONGER USED AS A SALT HOUSE, THE TOP FLOOR SERVED AS THE MEETING PLACE FOR WILLIAM KING MASONIC LODGE NO. 227 FROM 1901 UNTIL A NEW MASONIC LODGE WAS BUILT IN DOWNTOWN IN 1949. THE BOTTOM FLOOR WAS USED BY MATHIESON.

THE BUILDING AT RIGHT IS THE OLD AXTON CROSS LOADING TERMINAL.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comast.net
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ftchismon.jpg835 viewsThis is a monument at the location of Fort Chiswell, a few miles north of the town of Wytheville. From an old postcard.
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MaggieKilbyPennington(topleft)andPopKilbyYoung(bottomm.jpg835 viewsMaggie Kilby Pennington (top left) and Mary "Pop" Kilby Young (Middle bottom). Others unknown. Does anyone know who they are? Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net

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ruralretreat~0.jpg835 viewsThe railroad line near Rural Retreat is shown here. The Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad first built the road through this area in 1855. This section of road is now operated by Norfolk and Western.
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Richardson, Luther and Bertha Kilby Richardson835 views Luther and Bertha Kilby Richardson. Picture submitted by their great granddaugher Lynn Sexton Gallegos Arbadella64@yahoo.com

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jessingram.jpg834 viewsJesse Ingram, son of John Calvin Ingram and Charity Ann Farmer, shown here in the U.S. Army during the Spanish American War. He made the army a career and retired to Arlington, Virginia.
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w4.jpg834 viewsThis postcard dates from 1923.
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