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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 - Ashe County, NC
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pics 013.jpg451 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 058.jpg450 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, despite the sign over the door, this church was organized in October 1858.
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pics 056.jpg449 viewsNella is located along the banks of Big Horse Creek between Lansing and Whitetop. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Weaver's Ford - Nathan Phipps gravestone448 viewsThis grave is in New River Baptist Church Cemetery. Photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 093~0.jpg447 viewsThis photo taken by Jeff Weaver, spring, 2006.
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West Jefferson - Cavalry Baptist Church445 viewsPhoto June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Fleewood - Sarah Halsey Howell's gravemarker443 viewsThis photo is of Sarah Halsey Howell's grave in Fleetwood, NC. She was wife of William Howell and daughter of William Halsey and Rachel Cobb.
Courtesy f Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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pics 055.jpg441 viewsNella is a subcommunity on Horse Creek above Lansing toward Whitetop. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 040.jpg438 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 156.jpg437 viewsThis mural celebrates the Norfolk and Western Train, better known as the Virginia Creeper, which ran from Abingdon, VA to West Jefferson, NC from 1915 until 1977. Photo July 1, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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smethportextactco.jpg436 viewsThis very poor quality image is of the Smethport Extract Company made about 1918. The Smethport Extract company, a Pennsylvania firm, located in Ashe County, NC and made products from tan bark.
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