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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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redtractor.jpg787 viewsThis antique red tractor was sitting beside the road when I took the picture in the summer of 2003.
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betseywallrock.jpg787 viewsView from circa 1910-1920 postcard.
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radford3bridges.jpg787 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows three bridges crossing the New River into the City of Radford.
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dunhamsyard.jpg787 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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MadamRussellCabin001.jpg786 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006. Madam Russell was the sister of Virginia's famous Patrick Henry. She married first General William Campbell, and second another Revolutionary War General William Russell. A reprint of some of the correspondence of Russell is found in this reprint of Anna Des Cognet's William Russell
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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wytheville~0.jpg786 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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wythevilleair1955.jpg786 viewsThis is a 1955 postcard view.
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Saltville - Tumbling Creek Falls786 viewsThis is another of the many water falls on Tumbling Creek, near Saltville, Virginia. Photo July 15, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Downtown on Sunday Morning786 views...A QUIET SUNDAY MORNING...FAR REMOVED FROM LABOR DAY....
This photo was taken October 21, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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friesice.jpg785 viewsThis January 1917 ice flood knocked a bridge off its piers.
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townhousesmall.jpg785 viewsThis view of the "Town House" is from circa. 1900.
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hassingertrain.jpg785 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing one of Hassinger Lumber Company's logging trains in operation.
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