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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.


Most viewed - Virginia Counties
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100_1316.jpg1140 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Fees Ridge - Calvin Sheets Cabin1139 viewsThis is the Calvin Sheets cabin on Fees Ridge. Photography courtesy of Ric Sheets rickysheets@earthlink.net
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100_1312.jpg1139 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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atkinstank~0.jpg1139 viewsThis is an early 20th century photo of the tanks at Atkins Tank. Steam trains replenished their water supply here.
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Bridle Creek - Grace Freewill Baptist Church1139 viewsLocated on the south side of U.S. 58, Grace Freewill Baptist Church is a new comer to the Grayson County faith community, having been founded about 1998. Photo June 8, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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EastMainandEasyStreets4.jpg1138 viewsHere Is a Picture I Have Had since the Late 60's. It Was Given to Me by My Neighbor on E. Main Street. Benita and I Were Living in the Little Apartment We Built at 600 E. Main. Our Neighbor, Miss Lula Shannon, Came over One Day and Gave Me the Pictures. She Knew I Liked Old Pictures. I Had Grown up Beside the Shannons next Door at What Is Now 602 E. Main. The Shannons, Lula and Her Brother C. Douglas, Were Never Married. She Was a School Teacher...I Had Her in the Fourth Grade...And He Worked in the Office at Olin.
Doug Passed Away in 1970 at the Age of 79. Miss Lula Was Born Aug. 20, 1889 and Passed Away on Jan. 5, 1971 at the Age of 81. They Are Buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1325.jpg1137 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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McCready - Flood of 19771137 viewsFLOOD / VA. HWY 91 / McCREADY AREA / SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Sugar Grove - Teas Road1136 viewsThis May 11, 2007 photo is courtesy of Don Smith. It looks like someone nuked Sugar Grove. dsmith@comcast.net
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moma122606.jpg1135 viewsThis photo December 26, 2006 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net. The museum door is draped in black in memory of Helen Williams Barbrow, president of the Saltville Foundation, who died on December 24, 2006 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
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Saltville - Town Museum1135 viewsThis building was the old well field office that sat next to Highway 91 near the foot of Smokey Row across from the old Ford dealership in the Salt Park area. It was torn down and reassembled downtown in 1967 and now sits between the Post Office and the old Mathieson steam engines. Sepember 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith.


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000_0710.JPG1133 viewsThis photo was taken June 2005 by Jeff Weaver
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