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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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mainstchristiansburg.jpg778 viewsThis post card dates from the 1920s.
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1964worthycoaches.jpg778 views1964 R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

KNEELING - FROM LEFT- HARRY JOHNSON, HEAD COACH AND NELSON ROSS; STANDING - FROM LEFT- DALLAS BROWN AND JIM WRIGHT. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Chilhowie - Lumber Wagons778 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows horse-drawn wagons loaded with lumber approaching the Chilhowie Railroad Depot. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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Chilhowie High School777 viewsThis building served as the Chilhowie High School from 1930-1958; and as Chilhowie Middle School from 1958-1986. It is currently the Chilhowie Community Center, and houses the Chilhowie Public Library. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 11, 2006.
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merrimacmine.jpg777 viewsThis is a circa 1905 photo of the Merrimac Anthracite Coal Mine and crusher near Christiansburg.
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Saltville - Well Fields777 viewsFOGGY SUNDAY MORN / WELL FIELDS / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCTOBER 7, 2007 / 9:41 A.M. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Marion - Virginia House Restaurant777 viewsFrom a late 1950s postcard.
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unionch.jpg776 viewsSALTVILLE UNION CHURCH (1870-1967) DESTROYED BY FIRE / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE / NOVEMBER 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1652.jpg775 viewsPhoto April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Brine Pump775 viewsThis is an August 1972 photo of a brine pump in the well fields, without its housing. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Pulaski - Country Club775 viewsThis is from a 1936 postcard view.
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dunhamsyard.jpg774 viewsTHESE WERE MYRL DUNHAM'S CARS. THE BIG TREE IN THE BACK YARD WAS AN ENGLISH WALNUT. IT WAS PLANTED BY THE FAMILY THAT CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM ENGLAND WHEN THE MATHIESONS STARTED THE PLANT. THEY LIVED THERE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO ENGLAND. THEIR NAME WAS BARNES.

IN 1902, M. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. TO TAKE OVER THE WELL DRILLING OPERATIONS. HE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR FOR A WHILE. HIS SON, HARRY, ALSO LIVED HERE. THE HOUSE IS NOW OWNED BY HARRY AND REBA DUNHAM'S DAUGHTER, MARY.

THE WALNUT TREE DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE PICTURE IS FROM APRIL OF 1957. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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