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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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stpaulsmethodist.jpg1040 viewsReal Photo postcard from the 1940s.
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Konnarock - The Road Less Travelled1040 viewsThis is Fairwood Road between Konnarock and Troutdale. It has been designated a Virginia Scenia byway. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 3, 2007.
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100_1543.jpg1039 viewsYou can learn more at their website. Photo April 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1415.jpg1038 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006, by Jeff Weaver
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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP004.jpg1038 viewsThis photo dates to circa 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Poplar Camp - Jackson's Ferry and Shot Tower Marker1038 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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worthyhs.jpg1036 viewsNOTICE THE NEW STONE FIRE HALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEHIND THE TOWN HALL IN THIS MAY 1967 SHOT. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Fort Chiswell - Historical Marker1036 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Foster Falls - Galenea Methodist Church1035 viewsThe white church is the Galena Methodist Church on US 52 at it's intersection with Major Graham's Road. Hannah Walton Sanders (1806-1876) mentions this church in her Civil-War diary http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/ Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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northwoodhs.jpg1034 viewsThis is a photo post card of the High School soon after it was constructed in the late 1950s.
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SALTKETTLE1972362.jpg1034 viewsTHIS IS THE ORIGINAL PLAY CAST OF THE SALT KETTLE THEATRE THAT PERFORMED IN THE UPSTAIRS AREA OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN SALTVILLE IN JULY OF 1972. THE FIRST PLAY WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY BENITA SMITH AND BETTY FAWLEY.

THE CAST MEMBERS ARE...FROM LEFT...MIKE "BOY" DAVIDSON, WILLIE MINTON, BILLY DAVIDSON, BARRY CHAPMAN, JACKIE ROBERTS, DEBBIE DEBORD, LARRY HOGSTON, RANDY ROBERTS, ROY ANDERSON, BECKY RHODES, AND LEIGH ELLEN HELTON.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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ironmtnlutheranschool.jpg1034 viewsThis is from a late 1930s postcard.
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