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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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Fort Chiswell - Anchor and Hope Plantation Marker832 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Saltville - Kiwanis Club831 viewsKIWANIS CLUB / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1950. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Chilhowie - Chilhowie United Methodist Church831 viewsThis is Chilhowie United Methodist Church during a snow storn. Photo by Jeff Weaver about 9 a.m., February 11, 2006.
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0SSIE ROBERTS AND ED DELP AND L.W.FRYE830 viewsSOME GOOD...VERY GOOD... LOCAL PERFORMERS AT A HOBART SMITH MUSIC FESTIVAL AT R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 70s.

L-R-OSSIE ROBERTS, ED DELP, AND L. W. FRYE.

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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SEPT21MISC971.jpg830 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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000_0017.jpg828 viewsLocated on Lee Highway, (US 11) in Chilhowie, Virginia. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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Saltville - Well Fields828 viewsFROM DECEMBER 1963...THE PONDS ARE FULL. LAKE DRIVE IS UNDER WATER IN PLACES AND THE PONDS APPEAR TO BE PARTIALLY FROZEN.

MYRL DUNHAM PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works828 viewsThis John Porter Photo from the late 1930s shows some of the equipment used in the Mathieson Alkali Works.
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saltvilletrestle.jpg827 viewsThis view is from a 1900-1920 era postcard.
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wythevillemain1908.jpg827 viewsThis postcard view was captured in 1908.
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ftchismon.jpg826 viewsThis is a monument at the location of Fort Chiswell, a few miles north of the town of Wytheville. From an old postcard.
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SEPT10MISC915.jpg826 viewsThis photo was taken August 1967 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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