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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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100_1630.jpg1014 viewsThis old mill is located on the Middle Fork of Holston River and Old Ebenezer Church Road, south of Marion. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 23, 2006.
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wellfields1.jpg1013 viewsPhoto summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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hassingertrain.jpg1013 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing one of Hassinger Lumber Company's logging trains in operation.
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Saltville - Charlie Kestner1013 viewsCHARLIE KESTNER OF BUCKEYE HOLLOW DISPLAYS HIS 5 LB. 14 OZ. TURNIP / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1970

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO . Curtesy of Don Smith demith1043@comcast.net


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S6300145.JPG1013 viewsI saw this deer in the road in front of me, but by the time I got the camera, it was taking off into the woods.
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Volney - Tobacco Patch1013 viewsBurley Tobacco has been a staple of the New River Agricultural economy since the 1940s. The road in the right of the photo is Virginia 16. Photo July 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wytheville.jpg1012 viewsTaken from a 1940s era postcard.
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Independence - Vault Museum1012 viewsAnother shot of the contents of the Vault Museum in the 1908 Grayson County Court House. Photo May 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Huddle - Huddle School1011 viewsSchool located in Huddle Community of Wythe Co., VA. Photo by David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net

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Big Ridge - Hale House1010 viewsLpcated between Big Ridge and Comers rock. Courtesy of David Arnold david-anold@comcast.net
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GHS CLASS OF 1928.jpg1009 viewsCourtesy of Judy Alley.
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Saltville - White Rock Creek1009 viewsDense foliage in Clinch sandstone gorge of Whiterock Creek, one mile north of Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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