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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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Salem - Passnger Depot228 viewsThis 1915 postcard shows the Norfolk and Western Passenger Depot in Salem, Virginia.00000
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway569 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.00000
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ahs532 viewsFrom a 1932 brochure about this small military post near Washington, DC.00000
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Johnson City - Veterans Administration Hospital Building 1253 viewsFrom the Library of Congress Collection.00000
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Mount Airy - Aerial View385 viewsThis aerial view of Mount Airy, North Carolina dates from 1968.00000
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Cockerham, Thomas736 viewsTom Cockerham was the Chief Operating Officer for Ashe Memorial Hospital for several years. This memorial plaque is at the hospital. Photo by Jeff Weaver June 17, 2007.00000
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Orange - Church of the Blind Preacher367 viewsFrom Henry Howe's 1846 History of Virginia. From the historical marker at this location "Near here was the church of James Waddel, the blind presbyterian preacher. Waddel, who had been a minister in the Northern Neck and elsewhere, came here about 1785 and died here in 1805. William Wirt, stopping 1803 to hear a sermon, was impressed by Waddel's eloquence. He made it the subject of a classic essay.
Conservation & Development Commission 1929"
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Nelson, Bette400 viewsThe popular Bette Nelson, extremely helpful participant in the New River List shown here helping resurvey the Haw Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery, June 13, 2007. Photo by Jeff Weaver.00000
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Dunham, M. S. Family811 viewsTHE M. S. DUNHAM FAMILY / WEST MAIN STREET / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1907

PHOTO FROM DUNHAM COLLECTION. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


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State Street United Methodist Church404 viewsThis congregation was established in 1856. This image is from a 1940s postcard. Click here for the church's website.00000
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Stuart, Elsie and Roger A. Allison737 viewsROGER A. ALLISON AND ELSIE STUART AT THE STUART HOME ON LAKE DRIVE / SALTVILLE, VA. / JUNE 1973. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Dunham, M. S.764 viewsM. S. DUNHAM CAME TO SALTVILLE FROM TITUSVILLE, PA. IN 1902 TO WORK AT THE MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS. HE HAD BEEN AN OIL DRILLER IN PENNSYLVANIA.

HE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE MAWX BRINE WELLS AND ROAD SUPERVISION. HE BECAME ONE OF SALTVILLE'S MOST PROMINENT CITIZENS AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. HE ALSO SERVED AS MAYOR.

HE LIVED ON WEST MAIN STREET ACROSS FROM THE 1905 SALTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING WHERE THE SALTVILLE MEDICAL CENTER IS NOW LOCATED. HE DIED ON AUGUST 25, 1946.

THE HOUSE IS STILL IN THE DUNHAM FAMILY.

PHOTO - DUNHAM COLLECTION. Courtesy of Don Smithdsmith1043@comcast.net
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