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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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The Big Oak Tree618 viewsThis oak tree stood at the intersection of Guffy Road (now Big Oak Lane) and Hwy 601, at the farm of Grover Cleveland Russell. Martha Luticia Ross Russell married James Fleming Russell and moved to the farm just after the Civil war and she said that the oak tree was the size of a stove pipe when she moved there. This photo was taken by Pamela Russell Kepley about 1975.
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ffWeaver,GingerBallardRichBallard,ShirleyKurtzbackground.JPG617 viewsLeft to right, Jeff Weaver (background in yellow shirt), Pauline Davis talking with Rick Lindamood. April 7, 2006, photo by Carol Lindamood.
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galaxemployees.jpg617 viewsThis ca. 1928 photo shows the Norfolk and Western Employees at Galax at that time.
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pleasanthgts366.jpg617 viewsThis photo by Don Smith was taken in March 1966. It shows the Pleasant Heights subdivision in its infancy. dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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pics 019.jpg617 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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jctpresby.jpg617 viewsThis is from a 1930-45 era postcard. Click here for their website.
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asuadmin1950s.jpg617 viewsThis postcard is from the late 1940s/early 1950s.
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univclubvpi.jpg617 viewsThis 1940s photo postcard shows the University Club at Virginia Tech.
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fallsoffox.jpg616 viewsNear Troutdale, taken summer 2003 by Jeff Weaver
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church616 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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attowaylutheran.jpg616 viewsPhoto from the early 20th century.
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camptazewell1934.jpg616 viewsThis is a 1934 photo of Camp 54 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Tazewell, Virginia.
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