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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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BUCKETLINEAUG1967089.jpg830 viewsBUCKETS HEADED FOR THE LIME KILNS...AUGUST 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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COMMUNITYCHESTDRIVE1962001.jpg829 viewsTHESE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTING THE OLIN DEPARTMENTS THAT GAVE 100% IN THE 1962 COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE.

THEY ARE, FROM LEFT, CHUB ARNOLD, JOHN HENRY SHORTT, VIVIAN COOPER, HAZEL WADDELL, ROY PULLIG, HAZEL FRYE,
SYLVESTER CRABTREE, AND ALBERT WORLEY.

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Pulaski - Main Street Looking East829 viewsThis is from a 1907 postcard.
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Barren Springs - Boone's Furnace828 viewsThis furnace is located on Boone's Furnace Rd., Barren Springs, Wythe Co. VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Floyd - Hotel Brame827 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
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Saltville - White Rock Creek827 viewsDense foliage in Clinch sandstone gorge of Whiterock Creek, one mile north of Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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SCHOOLKIDS001.jpg826 viewsTHE SALTVILLE TEEN CLUB HELD IT'S FIRST MEETING ON DEC. 14, 1963. BRENDA NEY WAS THE LEADING SPONSOR OF THE CLUB.
CLUB MEMBERS VOTED TO CALL THEIR ORGANIZATION TEENSVILLE USA. CLUB MEMBERS WERE DRAWN FROM R. B. WORTHY, RICH VALLEY, AND PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOLS. IT WAS NOT A SCHOOL SPONSORED CLUB.

THE PICTURE, FROM JANUARY 1964, SHOWS THE OFFICERS ELECTED TO SERVE IN THE NEWLY FORMED TEEN CLUB.

STANDING FROM LEFT, KENNY DALTON-PRESIDENT, CORKY TUGGLE-VICE PRESIDENT, TIVIS PICKLE-SGT.-AT-ARMS, HARRY HAYNES-SGT.-AT-ARMS

SEATED FROM LEFT, JANE ALLEN MOORE-SECRETARY, LINDA DENTON-TREASURER, PEGGY HEATH-ADULT ASST. TO THE TREASURER

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1034@comcast.net
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AUG13OLDBWPICS752.jpg826 viewsI HAVE NO INFORMATION AT ALL ABOUT THIS PICTURE. NO DATE...NO LOCATION...NOTHING ON BACK OF PICTURE. IT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY ALBUM FOREVER. FROM THE LOOKS OF THE TREES AND CLOTHING, IT MUST HAVE BEEN WINTER. Cpurtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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maxmeadows.jpg826 viewsThis is from a mid-20th century photograph.
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BankofSpeedwell5.jpg825 viewsThis is the old Quaker Church at Speedwell. Photo courtesy of David Arnold .david.arnold@adelphia.net identification courtesy of Adam Linkous adam_linkous@yahoo.com.
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Fort Chiswell - Lead Mines Historical Marker824 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Saltville - Mathieson Superintendents June 1945824 viewsSUPERINTENDENTS OF MATHIESON CHEMICALS / SALTVILLE OPERATIONS / JUNE 1945

DUNHAM COLLECTION

SUPERINTENDENTS OF MATHIESON CHEMICALS / SALTVILLE OPERATIONS / JUNE 1945

STANDING FROM LEFT - CLINT RAPP, GEORGE COMER, CHARLIE MYERS, V. T. RECTOR, FULTON McKEE, J. Q. PEEPLES, HARRY DUNHAM' 'SITTING - BOB AEBERSOLD, J. J. BOOTH, R. B. WORTHY, ROBERT POLSTRA, WYNDHAM McCREADY, HENRY TAYLOR

Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1-43@comcast.net
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