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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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barracksvpi1940.jpg653 viewsFrom a postcard.
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brownbartonroby.jpg653 viewsBarton Roby Brown, originally from Johnson County, TN, raised the only Confederate unit from that predominantly Unionist county. This company was Company A, 6th North Carolina Cavalry. After the civil war, the political situation forced Brown to relocate to Watauga County, NC.
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mowmill.jpg653 viewsThis 1910 photo shows the grist mill on Wilson Creek near its mouth.
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postoffice1913.jpg653 viewsThis view is from a 1913 postcard.
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Seven Mile Ford - Railroad Trestle653 viewsThis limestone trestle over the Middle Fork of Holston River was built in 1857 and is still in use. Photo July 13, 2007, by Jeff Weaver.
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Saltville - Sunset Over the Well Fields653 viewsSUNSET ON THE WELL FIELDS / SALTVILLE, VA. / JULY 13, 2007 / 9:08 P.M. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Bear Pen School.653 views
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milehighbridge.jpg652 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.
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Picture 111~0.jpg652 viewsThis is the old Ashe Memorial Hospital, constructed in the late 1930s by the WPA. Photo May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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mariondepot1910.jpg652 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard view of the Norfolk and Western Depot in Marion, VA.
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Rich Valley - Boys Football Team -1933652 viewsCourtesy of Andrew Frye.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Entrance Gate652 viewsThis 1910s postcard shows the entrance gate to Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.
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