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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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McCready - McCready Gap Foilage539 viewsFoliage at Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910, From the U.S. Geological Survey.Apr 10, 2008
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Saltville - White Rock Creek772 viewsDense foliage in Clinch sandstone gorge of Whiterock Creek, one mile north of Maccrady Gap. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the U.S. Geological Survey. Apr 10, 2008
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Saltville - Muck Pond1925 viewsLime-mud waste of Mathieson Alkali Works. Approximately 300-tons a day poured into pond. Abingdon quadrangle. Virginia. No date, but circa 1910. From the collection of the U.S. Geological Survey. Apr 10, 2008
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works669 viewsThis ca.1910 image from the U.S.Geological Survey shows the Mathieson Alkali Works ca. 1910.Apr 10, 2008
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McCready - Sandstone Cliff631 viewsthis ca.1910 image from the U.S. Geological Survey shows a sandstone cliff near McCready, Smyth County, VA,Apr 10, 2008
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Saltville - Mathieson Alkali Works716 viewsThis John Porter Photo from the late 1930s shows some of the equipment used in the Mathieson Alkali Works.Apr 08, 2008
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Saltville - Railroad Station764 viewsThis 1906 postcard focuses on the rail station that existed at that time. The Mathieson Company Store is in the foreground to the right.Apr 08, 2008
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Saltville - Saltville Elementary School ca. 1924743 viewsSALTVILLE ELEMENTARY / SALTVILLE, VA. / CIRCA 1924. CRABTREE COLLECTION. Courtesy if Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netApr 07, 2008
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Saltville - St.Paul's Choir622 viewsfrom the John Porter collection.Apr 05, 2008
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Saltville - Saltville Elementary School 1919759 viewsSALTVILLE ELEMENTARY / SALTVILLE, VA. / 1919 / THIS SCHOOL WAS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF WEST MAIN ST. AND HENRYTOWN ROAD. CRABTREE COLLECTION PHOTO Vourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netApr 05, 2008
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Independence - Grayson County Court House414 viewsThis view of the 1908 Court House is presented in a 1956 postcard.Apr 04, 2008
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Saltville - Deer Hunt812 viewsThis photo dates from 1947.Apr 04, 2008
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