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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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wellfields2.jpg1048 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2003.
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wythesch.jpg1047 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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pulaskimoorehome.jpg1047 viewsThis photo postcard was created circa. 1910.
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companystorejuly1932.jpg1047 viewsThis 1932 photo was made for one of three celebrations that year, the county centennial, the 4th of July or Labor Day. Courtesy of Ruth Chapman.
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wolfknobsch1924.jpg1046 viewsIn the back row, left to right: Hoyle Weaver, Claude Spencer, Hazel Owen, Marvin Weaver, Winnie Weaver, Clara Weaver, Florence Weaver, Sybil Owen, and Mattie Weaver
In the front row, left to right: Luther Farmer, Reuben Kilby, Ray Weaver, Cody Owen, Cleve Sturgill, Otis Kilby, Ralph Spencer, Herbert Sturgill and Raymond Owen.
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Saltville - Well Fields at Sunset1046 viewsDUCKS ON THE POND, FEATURING HUEY, DEWEY AND LOUIE / SALTVILLE, VA. / JAN. 7, 2008. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@cmcast.net


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highway11.jpg1045 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows U.S. 11 between Wytheville and Marion, probably at Groseclose.
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marionrrdepot.jpg1045 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
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100_1632.jpg1043 viewsThe roadside sign, on Highway 11, south of Marion says this is the Impact Church. The sign over the door notes taht it is Impace International Ministries. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Waiting for the Governor1042 viewsWAITING FOR GOV. LINWOOD HOLTON / SALTVILLE, VA. / SEPTEMBER 1971. Courtsy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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july2006pic 041.jpg1041 viewsThis photo was taken July 22, 2006. These vines were popular sources of food in the days when hogs were allowed to run wild in the forest in the early days of Appalachian settlement.
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nuckollsdrug.jpg1041 viewsThis is a mid-1920s postcard of the interior of Nuckolls Drug Store in Hillsville.
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