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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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overlookdifferent.jpg876 viewsTHE SALTVILLE OVERLOOK...FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. / APRIL 15, 2006. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Salyville - Company Store 1920876 viewsREAR VIEW OF THE MATHIESON GENERAL STORE IN SALTVILLE, VA. CIRCA 1910

TOM TOTTEN COLLECTION FROM MALCOLM MARTIN / ENGLAND / CIRCA 1970/ Courtesy f Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Fees Ridge - Calvin Sheets Cabin875 viewsThis is the Calvin Sheets cabin on Fees Ridge. Photography courtesy of Ric Sheets rickysheets@earthlink.net
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grahamsforge.jpg875 viewsThis is a 1960s postcard view of this Wythe County landmark.
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blackbass.jpg874 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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Saltville - East Main Street874 viewsSALTVILLE, VA. / EAST MAIN STREET / MAY 1967 / 200 MM TELE / LEM. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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bucketline1942.jpg873 viewsThis 1941-42 photo shows the aerial tramway, commonly called the Bucket line carrying limestone from the quarries to Saltville.
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Speedwell - Speedwell Furnace873 viewsThis is the Speedwell Furnace, located near Speedwell, Wythe County, VA. owned by the Williams Family who live in the Iron Master's House near the site. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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wy07a.jpg872 viewsThis is an early 20th century view of what was then left of Fort Chiswell.
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paintingcostore51966.jpg871 viewsThis May 1966 photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net shows the Company store being painted.
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Foster Falls - Galenea Methodist Church868 viewsThe white church is the Galena Methodist Church on US 52 at it's intersection with Major Graham's Road. Hannah Walton Sanders (1806-1876) mentions this church in her Civil-War diary http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/ Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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AlkaliesBaseball1950.jpg865 viewsThe Alkalies were the semi-pro baseball team that operated in Saltville at one time. This picture is from the Chub Arnold collection courtesy of Don Smith.

BOTTOM L-R- CHARLES ("PEE WEE") HERNDON, JIM ("FODDERSHOCK") ARNOLD, MGR., COY MINTON

MIDDLE- HAROLD ARNOLD, RAY ("PEE WEE") OSBORNE, "CHUB" ARNOLD, BAY ARNOLD, GEORGE ("JESSEE") JAMES, BILL ANDERSON

TOP- WILLIS OAKES, HARRY FRY, JOHN ("PUNK") BORDERS, MARION RICE, JIM MOONEY, CHARLES ("JAKE") DAVIS

PICTURE IS FROM THE "CHUB" ARNOLD COLLECTION
PHOTOGRAPHER-CHARLIE JONES

DON SMITH
JAN. 2006
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