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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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West Jefferson - Bluff Mountain834 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Mullins, Phina Faye Richardson834 viewsBorn in Smyth County, VA, later moved to Sykesville, MD. Courtesy of Karen Lovell rackracing@charter.net
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Saltville - Golf Course834 viewsMOST OF THE ROW OF SILVER POPLARS THAT STOOD BESIDE NO. 3 FAIRWAY AND PALMER AVENUE HAD DIED AND HAD TO BE CUT. THESE TREES WERE ABOUT 65 YEARS OLD. THEY WERE CUT MARCH 29, 2007.

THEY CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PICTURE OF ONE OF THE LAST WELL HOUSES TAKEN IN 1967 WHICH IS ON THIS SITE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Wytheville - 1846 Engraving834 viewsThis engraving of Wytheville is taken from Howe's History of Virginia, published in 1846.
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HelenBlevins.jpg833 viewsDaughter of Calvin Blevins and Etta Hopkins. Photo courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net
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maxmeadowsfurnace.jpg833 viewsFrom a mid-19th century engraving.
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homecoming1966.jpg833 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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Bland - Blue Grass Trail833 viewsThis 1953 postcard shows the Blue Grass Trail near Bland. The image was probably taken from atop Walker Mountain.
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Richardson, Leander and Catherine833 viewsLeander and Catherine Richardson and family. Do you know any of the other people in this photo?
Courtesy of Mary Blevins mcblevins@hotmail.com

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uschem4.jpg832 viewsA facility built in Saltville, Virginia to produce poison gas for World War I. Demolished in 1919. From an old postcard.
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Holloway Cemetery832 viewsThe Holloway Cemetery, located deep in the woods on Wiles Ridge, near Traphill. Picture taken in 2000. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net.
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emalineweaver.jpg832 viewsThis is Emaline Sturgill Weaver, holding daughter Mary in 1923. Guida Sturgill (later married to Worth Weaver) is standing in the back.
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