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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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100_1724.jpg267 viewsPhoto October 15, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This cabin is on the grounds of Sinking Springs Cemetery in the town of Abingdon.Oct 15, 2006
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100_1717.jpg347 viewsGravemakers for Joseph and Hugh Cole. This photo by Jeff Weaver, taken October 14, 2006.Oct 14, 2006
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100_1714.jpg349 viewsThis photo taken October 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, shows the Palmer Mill Theater. This facility is a recreation of the old Palmer Mill, but now hosts theatrical and musical events rather than grinding wheat and corn.Oct 14, 2006
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andersonharveyellis.jpg545 viewsMy father, Harvey Ellis Anderson, is second from the left in the front row. It has always been my impression that he was the teacher at this school in Majors. I am not sure of his age at the time, but wonder how he qualified as a teacher. I have no idea where he might have attended school although I believe he briefly attended college at Valpairoso College or University somewhere in the midwest as he was returning to Grayson County from Washington State. (The only information I have about his time in Washington was that he and several friends climbed Mount Baker which he reported to a newspaper in Grayson. I have a copy of his "letter to the editor." Several of his siblings are also present in the picture and their names are underlined. Claude Testerman is also shown who married Harvey's sister, Laura. Courtesy of R. David Anderson rdandy1@cfw.com
Oct 14, 2006
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tannersville101963.jpg303 viewsTHIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM HWY 16 ON BRUSHY MOUNTAIN LOOKING NORTHEAST INTO THE ROARING FORK AREA OF THE JEFFERSON NATIONAL FOREST. THIS IS THE NORTHEAST END OF THE SAME VALLEY THAT HOLDS TANNERSVILLE. This image was made October 1963 by Dom Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netOct 14, 2006
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cards.jpg653 viewsFrom John Porter's photos from the late 1930s.Oct 13, 2006
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1977flood.jpg586 viewsFLOOD OF APRIL 1977. NOTICE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR THE BATTLEGROUND APARTMENTS. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.

Oct 13, 2006
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dollyrow.jpg625 viewsThis is a 1910s postcard view.Oct 12, 2006
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mariongradeschool1910.jpg436 viewsThis 1911 postcard shows the Marion grade school, located behind the Smyth County Court House.Oct 12, 2006
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saltkettle71872.jpg616 viewsTHE ORIGINAL SALT KETTLE THEATRE...SECOND FLOOR OF THE OLD MATHIESON GENERAL STORE...JULY 1972....

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043W@comcast.net
Oct 12, 2006
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homecoming1966.jpg711 viewsFROM LEFT...JEANNIE BRANNON, JANET WERTZ, AND SARAH GROSS...HOMECOMING...OCTOBER 1966.... Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net


Oct 10, 2006
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pics 240.jpg236 viewsThese new signs have gone up recently on US 58 proclaiming it "The Crooked Road." Photo October 8, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.Oct 09, 2006
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