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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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000_0490.JPG917 viewsThis is the current home of the Chilhowie Public Library, formerly the Old Chilhowie High School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 2004
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gethsemane.jpg917 viewsPhoto May 2006 by Sadie Greer.
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Chilhowie - Depot917 viewsThis early 20th century image shows a steam locomtive steaming into Chilhowie. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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saltvilleproducts.jpg916 viewsThis image appeared in the 1922 Alkalie with the caption "Saltville Products Both."
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Saltville - Tumbling Creek Falls916 viewsPhoto July 15, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wythevillebaptist.jpg915 views1950s era real photo postcard.
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konnarocktraining.jpg915 viewsThis photo from the 1930s shows the Konnarock Training School, a mission school for mountain girls operated by the Lutheran Church.
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berthazinc.jpg915 viewsA subsidiary of U.S. Zinc, this photo dates from the mid-20th century.
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SEPT6BEN888.jpg915 viewsPICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE TRACK FIELD BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY OF 1968... NOT LONG BEFORE THE BUCKET LINE WAS CLOSED AND THE LIMESTONE HAULED FROM THE QUARRY IN BIG GREEN TRUCKS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Mouth of Wilson - Barn on a Hill915 viewsFolk memories of Ireland? Photo by Jeff Weaver June 2007.
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Saltville - Beaver Creek Flood of 1972915 viewsBEAVER CREEK AT FLOOD / NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1972. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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carterparkwytheville.jpg914 viewsThis post card is from the 1950s.
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