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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.


Most viewed - Avery County, NC
allsaintsch.jpg
allsaintsch.jpg719 viewsThis photo post card was made in the 1950s/1960s.
avery.jpg
avery.jpg528 viewsName sake of Avery County, NC
wiseman_sview.jpg
wiseman_sview.jpg524 viewsThis is from a circa 1940 postcard.
balsam.jpg
balsam.jpg493 viewsThis view is an early 20th century photograph of a planting of balsam firs near Grandfather Mountain.
bannerelkfishing.jpg
bannerelkfishing.jpg487 viewsThis image was made in 1941 and shows a man fishing in the rapids of the Elk River.
linville1915.jpg
linville1915.jpg480 viewsFrom a postally used postcard, dated 1915.
rockhousecamp.jpg
Linville - Rock House Camp453 viewsThis circa 1940 postcard shows another of the facilities designed to draw those Americans not affected by the Great Depression to the mountains.
gracehosp.jpg
gracehosp.jpg441 viewsThis image appears to be from the first third of the 20th century.
milehighbridge.jpg
milehighbridge.jpg440 viewsThis is the famous Mile High Swinging Bridge, Grandfather Mountain, NC. An early description of Grandfather Mountain and surrounding areas can be found in Shepherd Dugger's Balsam Groves of Grandfather Mountain originally published in 1907.
linvillefalls.jpg
linvillefalls.jpg424 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard.
crossnoreschool1932.jpg
crossnoreschool1932.jpg321 viewsThis is a 1932 postcard view of the mission school.
averyfair.jpg
averyfair.jpg301 viewsThis image, courtesy of Julia Kodak Williams shows a hot air ballon at the Avery County fair in 1913.
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