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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.


Last additions - Virginia Counties
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Saltville - Mathieson Alakli Works Boilermakers.858 viewsBOILERMAKERS / MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1919


TOP ROW - L-R - LLOYD SHORTT, BILL SHORTT, CLAUDE JACKSON, DAVE DEBUSK, FLETCHER BROWN, BOB POORE, WILLIE "BEAR" ROUTH, HAYNES DAVIS

BOTTOM - L-R- JOHN POORE, GARLAND LOWE, SID FARRIS, CHARLES GILBERT, WORLEY FRYE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
Feb 22, 2007
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Saltville - Unknown Event885 viewsDON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON HERE. IT WAS BEING HELD IN THE R. B. WORTHY GYM SOMETIME IN THE 1960s.

SALTVILLE PROGRESS PHOTO. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


Feb 20, 2007
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Bland - Blue Grass Trail641 viewsThis 1953 postcard shows the Blue Grass Trail near Bland. The image was probably taken from atop Walker Mountain.Feb 20, 2007
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Speedwell - Speedwell Furnace774 viewsThis is the Speedwell Furnace, located near Speedwell, Wythe County, VA. owned by the Williams Family who live in the Iron Master's House near the site. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netFeb 20, 2007
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Speedwell - Speedwell Commissary707 viewsThis is what appears to be the Commissary now being used as a farm building. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netFeb 20, 2007
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Cripple Creek - Raven Cliff Furnace800 viewsRaven Cliff Furnace, located on National Forest Recreation Area, Gleaves Rd., Cripple Creek, Wythe County, VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
Feb 20, 2007
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Huddle - Huddle School746 viewsSchool located in Huddle Community of Wythe Co., VA. Photo by David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net

Feb 20, 2007
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Huddle - Huddle Memorial Methodist Church788 viewsHuddle Memorial Methodist Church 1905 located in Huddle Community of Wythe Co., VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
Feb 20, 2007
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Mule Hell - Eagle Rock Furnace.1242 viewsEagle Rock Furnace, Mule Hell Community near Cripple Creek, Wythe Co., VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
Feb 20, 2007
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unionch.jpg641 viewsSALTVILLE UNION CHURCH (1870-1967) DESTROYED BY FIRE / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE / NOVEMBER 1967. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netFeb 19, 2007
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Saltville - Madam Russell Parsonage Demolition581 viewsThis November 1967 photo by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) shows the demolition of the parsonage at Madam Russell United Methodist Church on Main Street in Saltville.Feb 18, 2007
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works718 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows an aerial view of the main Mathieson Alkali Works facilities along the banks of the North Fork of Holston River in Saltville.Feb 17, 2007
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