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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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McCready - McCready Gap Foilage588 viewsFoliage at Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910, From the U.S. Geological Survey.
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madamrussellhall.jpg587 viewsFrom a 1930-45 postcard.
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pic 075.jpg587 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Mount Rogers - Bear Hunt587 viewsThis is a circa 1930 bear hunt photo. Courtesy of Wade Weekes weekesh@earthlink.net
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Saltville - Great Blue Heron587 viewsCourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.com
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loadingcrew.jpg586 viewsThis image shows the crew which loaded Mathieson products on the railcars. It was taken from the 1922 Alkalite.
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100_1810.jpg586 viewsPhoto October 25, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Chilhowie - Chilhowie Mills586 viewsThis early 20th century postcard shows the Chilhowie Mills. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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saltvilleview.jpg585 viewsPhoto from the early 20th century.
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Fox - Primitive Baptist Ministers585 viewsThis group of Primitive Baptist ministers was taken sometime in the 1920s most likely at Fox Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Front row, left to right: Elders Charlie Kilby, Edd Davis, Bob May, Hugh Blevins, George Barker, Bynum H. Blevins, Everett Thompson. Back row, left to right: Lic. David Sulllivan; Elders Banks, Eli Lilly, John Cave; Miller, H. B. Miller, Frazier, and Meadows. Courtesy of Eddie Lyle.
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Marion - Hungry Mother Lake Beach585 viewsFrom a late 1940s postcard.
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sugargrove.jpg584 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, 2003
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