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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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hungrymother1.jpg518 viewsPhoto 1938 by the Virginia Department of Agriculture.
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quarry.jpg518 viewsThis view of a limestone quarry, operated by Mathieson Alkali Works near Saltville was taken circa 1905.
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JULY17JAM036.jpg518 viewsKILBY SPENCER AND BLAKE RASH / SMYTH JAM / JULY 17, 2006. Photo by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Wolf Knob - Thornton Kilby House518 viewsThis house was the home of Thornton Kilby and Phoebe Marilda Weaver Kilby. Photo January 24, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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smythch1930s.jpg517 viewsThis is a 1930s linen postcard showing the Smyth County Court House and Confederate Monument.
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MadamRussellCabin002.jpg516 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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pics 114.jpg516 viewsSome of the agricultural exhibits at the 2006 Chilhowie Apple Festival.
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Chilhowie - Piggly Wiggly Building516 viewsThis photo was taken June 28, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Comers Rock - Baker Falls on Elk Creek516 viewsThis photo was shot from the road on March 21, 2008 by Jeff Weaver.
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marionmainstreet.jpg515 viewsThis photo is from the late 1930s or early 1940s
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hungrymotherbeach.jpg515 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
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Galax - Harris Hotel515 viewsGranny Harris, Onnie Allred, Nettie [Allred] Marshall and Lee, Grace Harris, Mrs. Saunders Moore, E.M. Davis, John B and Jake

Also, written there is this note: "Harris Hotel, Galax Virginia--1917"

Also this note: "Building in background Luke Biships Livery Stable."

This should be Lute Bishop I believe.

The photo is not the best quality. Still, I thought it might be of interest to you. Nettie was the daughter of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost. Thomas was the son of Suttle, also written Settle, Allred whose wife was Eliza Belton. Suttle was the son of Jesse Allred of Randolph County, NC whose wife was Alcey York.

Julina Frost was the daughter of Stephen F. Frost a Civil war veteran from Carroll. I have a short note about him below. Stephen descends from the Revolutionary War soldier John Frost who is buried in the Frost cemetery in Carroll. I have a photograph of Stephen F. Frost, but it needs to be restored.

Courtesy of Mike Marshall Summerfield, NC mmarshall13@triad.rr.com

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