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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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Totten, Tom856 viewsTOM TOTTEN / SHOOTING THE REMAINS OF OLIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / DECEMBER 1975. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Jonas_WesleyNoah_Robert_Parks.JPG750 viewsCourtesy of Joy Poston and Chrissie A. Peters.44444
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jones.jpg792 viewsAbe and Sibby Jones donated land for the Mt. Olivet Freewill Baptist church. They are shown here with thier daughter, Mary. Courtesy of Mary C. Blevins mcblevins@smyth.net
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Chscccmp.jpg725 viewsCourtesy of Mary C. Blevins.44444
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salt34.jpg541 viewsMover and shaker behind the Barter theater in Abingdon. This photo shows him speaking at the Saltville High School. Photo courtesy of Roger Allison shakerhoo@aol.com44444
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spencerwmgrandchildren.jpg726 viewsThis photo dated September 1958 is of most of Grandpa Spencer's children and spouses. Missing are Charlie who had died a few years earlier, Charlie's widow, Myrtle Woods Spencer, Greeley, and Blake. The one hiding in back could be either Greeley or Blake.
Standing: Viola, Jane, Kilby, Glen, Joe, Bertha, Orie, and Hester. Seated: Maggie, Blannie, Carl, Wave, Imogene, and Victor.
Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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DinneratDr.Owens_s.jpg911 viewsDinner at Dr. Owens's (celebrating his birthday I think), Wolf Knob. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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woodmw.jpg841 viewsMartha Davis Wood, wife of floyd Wood, and daughter of John Davis and Martha Weiss, born 4/20/1871 in Grayson County, VA; Died 10/19/1937. She was deaf. Courtesy of Bette Nelson bette_nelson@comcast.net44444
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John_Matt_Parks_-1.JPG702 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net44444
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roberts6.jpg700 viewsGarfield Roberts and Mary Hackler Roberts. Courtesy of Thom Houk.44444
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148lantaersadell.jpg1153 viewsThey were daughters of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram. Lanta lived on Helton Creek, Ersa Dell Gamble lived in Chester County, PA. This photo was taken at their father's home on Wolf Knob, Grayson County, Virginia on July 4, 1952.44444
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weaverray.jpg813 viewsThis is Ray Weaver, son of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. This photo was taken on Fees Ridge, but he later lived in Smyth County, Virginia and in Sophia, West Virginia.44444
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