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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.


Top rated - Smyth County, VA People
smokeyrowneighbors.jpg
smokeyrowneighbors.jpg717 viewsSMOKEY ROW NEIGHBORS / WYNDHAM ROBERTS, LEFT, AND HARRY SMITH / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1950. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net22222
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AUG7DOWELLANDCOVERSTON746.jpg815 views LEFT...LANSON DOWELL (1872-1943) AND P. A. COVERSTON (1866-1953) MR. DOWELL WAS A PUMPING FOREMAN IN THE MAW BRINE DEPT. Mr. COVERSTON WAS A DESIGNER AND BUILDER OF HOUSES FOR MATHIESON.
Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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GladysBlevins.jpg
GladysBlevins.jpg703 viewsDaughter of Calvin Blevins and Etta Hopkins. Photo courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net22222
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HelenBlevins.jpg
HelenBlevins.jpg689 viewsDaughter of Calvin Blevins and Etta Hopkins. Photo courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net22222
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russellmadam.jpg862 viewsMadam Russell, as she was known, was a sister of Virginia's Revolutionary War Governor Patrick Henry. She was first married to Rev. War. Brig. General William Campbell and then to Rev. War Brig General William Russell. She was also known as the mother of Methodism in Southwest Virginia. She lived at Saltville and later at Sulphur Springs (Chilhowie).22222
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Frye, Pete and Bob Fields814 viewsPETE FRYE, LEFT AND BOB FIELDS / BARBERS AT HAYDEN'S BARBER SHOP / SALTVILLE, VA. / APRIL 1966

PHOTO COURTESY LORETTA FRYE CALLOWAY AND FRED AND PEGGY CRABTREE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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hobartsmith.jpg
hobartsmith.jpg728 viewsThis Library of Congress photo shows Ed Young and Saltville native Hobart Smith (on the banjo) in the foreground.22222
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bryantaj.jpg710 viewsJ. D. BRYANT AND HIS DOG / EAST MAIN STREET / SALTVILLE, VA. / AUGUST 19, 1939. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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HopkinsSiblings.jpg
HopkinsSiblings.jpg721 viewsCourtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net22222
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barbrowhelen.jpg802 viewsHelen, born December 1, 1940 in Wythe County, died December 24, 2006 in St Paul's Episcopal Church, Saltville, Virginia. She was a retired school teacher and president of the Saltville Foundation, and generally beloved by the town of Saltville. Photo courtesy of the Saltville Progress.11111
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comerralph.jpg
comerralph.jpg718 viewsRALPH COMER WAS THE YARDMASTER AT MATHIESON (Saltville) FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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dunhamms1924.jpg
dunhamms1924.jpg673 viewsEmployee of Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville, this image is from the 1924 Alkalite.11111
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