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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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1977flood.jpg722 viewsFLOOD OF APRIL 1977. NOTICE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR THE BATTLEGROUND APARTMENTS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.

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Saltville - Great Blue Heron Rookery722 viewsPhoto taken on the Sanders Farm, March 25, 2008 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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MVC-001F.jpg721 viewsPhoto April 27, 2006 by Roger A. Allison shakerhoo@aol.com
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100_1811.jpg721 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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cedarscamp.jpg721 viewsThis is from a 1940s or 1950s postcard.
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mouthofwilson.jpg720 viewsTaken from an old real photo postcard, ca. 1910.
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cattlestation.jpg720 viewsThis is a June 1978 photo of the cattle station on Fees Ridge.
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mawengineer.jpg720 viewsA Mathieson engineer at work in the late 1930s.
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bogtrotters.jpg720 viewsA Galax band. Photo 1937 from the collections of the Library of Congress.
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mathieson1920.jpg719 viewsThis is another view of the Mathieson operations ca. 1920.
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Edgewater - Sulphur Springs Methodist Church719 viewsThis church closed in 1955, and the building near Mouth of Wilson is currently used as a barn. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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carrysbrook.jpg719 viewsThis 1958 postcard shows some girls enjoying an outing to Lake Katherine at Camp Carrysbrook.
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