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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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Fries - Washington Inn691 views(Historic) Washington Inn, Town of Fries, Providence District, Grayson. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnolddavid-arnold@comcast.net
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blackseagrass.jpg690 viewsThis is a photo of black sea grass taken in the well fields, Saltville, Virginia, summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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maw36.jpg690 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.
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blandluthch.jpg689 viewsThis church is located in downtown Bland. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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marionscalehouse.jpg689 viewsfrom the mid-20th century,
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loadingcrew.jpg689 viewsThis image shows the crew which loaded Mathieson products on the railcars. It was taken from the 1922 Alkalite.
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horseshow6.jpg689 viewsThis 1937-38 photo by John Porter shows some of the activities at the Rich Valley fair.
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000_0490.JPG688 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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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP005.jpg688 viewsTHE MAIN STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH USED TO BE WHERE THE NAZARENE CHURCH IS NOW...ABOUT 200 FT. PAST ED'S DRIVE-IN TOWARD THE ELIZABETH CEMETERY.

THAT'S WHERE IT WAS WHEN THIS PICTURE WAS MADE IN ABOUT 1945.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Saltville - Medical Center and West Main Street,688 viewsMEDICAL CENTER / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCT. 24, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith
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000_0715.JPG687 viewsThis is a shot of the train shed in downtown Saltville which covers two historic engines. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 2005.
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saltvillelab.jpg687 viewsThis photo is very early 20th century.
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