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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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Saltville - Emory Gap Road904 viewsEmory Gap road through Walker Mountain. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.

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wolfknobsch1901.jpg903 viewsThis school group is not a complete picture, but it is all I have.
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maw1905.jpg903 viewsThis 1905 photo is described as a "General view of salt wells and valley at Saltville."
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000_0017.jpg902 viewsLocated on Lee Highway, (US 11) in Chilhowie, Virginia. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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floydarsenicmine.jpg902 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
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Chilhwie - H. L. Bonham House902 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 16, 2007.
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000_0018.jpg901 viewsThis pair of steam engines sit beside U.S. 11 in downtown Chilhowie, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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Max Meadows - Chiswell Mansion901 viewsThis is from a 1960s or 1970s postcard.
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saltvillestore.jpg900 viewsThis store was built in 1894 and served Saltville until 1970. This view is from about 1925.
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000_0051.jpg900 viewsGeneral view of the newer part of Elizabeth Cemetery, Saltville, Virginia.
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SEPT21MISC971.jpg899 viewsMAY 1973...FIRST AVENUE AT TOP LEFT...SHAKER LANE IN FRONT OF SCHOOL...PALMER AT LOWER RIGHT

THE SWIMMING POOL WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND NOTE THE POND WHERE GLOBAL CONTACT IS NOW LOCATED. courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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Saltville - May Day899 viewsMAY DAY CELEBRATION / SALTVILLE, VA. SCHOOLS / MID 1940s. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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