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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 - Alleghany County, NC
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Whitehead - Union Primitive Baptist Church619 viewsThis church was established in 1834. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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CrabCreekPBCsign.jpg617 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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Francis_Sturgill_Cemetery3.jpg615 viewsGrave of Rebecca Hash Sturgill. Courtesy of Harold Hash.
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Laurel Springs - Parkway Motor Court614 viewsThis is from a 1950s or early 1960s postcard.
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Roaring Gap - Marion Motel614 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
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pics 019.jpg613 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Tobacco fields were once common in North Carolina's Lost Provinces, however, they are not so much in evidence as they once were.
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church611 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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CrabCreekPBC.jpg602 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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charlesmotel.jpg602 viewsThis is from a 1950s era postcard.
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devilsgarden.jpg600 viewsThis is from a 1950/1960 postcard.
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fouroaksparta.jpg598 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1910.
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Roaring Gap - Woodruff Primitive Baptist Church596 viewsThis church was established in 1850. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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