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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 - New River Valley People
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lester8.jpg520 viewsPhoto circa. 1920 from Glade Spring, VA.
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robertsonwyndhamjr.jpg519 viewsLived at Plasterco in Washington County, just outside Saltville.
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Testerman - Troy Testerman & Ida Hash Testerman and family Courtesy of Clinton Getzinger519 views
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Unknown members of the Matney Family517 views
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wm&sons100.jpg516 viewsBack row: Milton Haskel, William David and Walter Bishop Warren Front row: William Sr, Basil W, Spencer White (my ggrand father) and Henry Lee Warren. Courtesy of Barb Norvell. barbnor2@yahoo.com
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Eugene P. Russell & Anne R. Halsey513 views
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boone.jpg512 viewsFamous explorer and frontiersman of Kentucky made his home for several years in Wilkes County. You might be interested in one of the better old biographies of Boone by Cecil B. Hartley or a very rare biography by John P. Hale Daniel Boone: Facts and Incidents Not Hitherto Published
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511 viewsWiley Perkins is in this row of soldiers at Camp Humphreys, VA, taken in 1918
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William Sexton and wife Polly Snider (Courtesy of Heather Sexton and Ward Sexton)511 views
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lester36.jpg510 viewsUnidentified Lester family group from Glade Spring, Va.
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ingrich5.jpg509 viewsFamily of Richard Ingool (1867-1941). They lived near Hays on Absher Rd. The man standing is not known. (From left with ages) German (9), Fonce (2), Richard (31), Denver (3), Mary Jane (28), Crom (5 months), third child (name unknown, age 5), and Blanch (7). Summer 1899. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net
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