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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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100_1894.jpg534 viewsThis house is actually a duplex, and housed workers at Fields Woolen Mill at Mouth of Wilson. Photo November 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Grassy Creek - Tobacco Harvest Time534 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver September 2007.
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Rocky Hollow School533 viewsCourtesy of Dean Adams, Chilhowie, VA.
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100_1640.jpg533 viewsLocated on Highway 16 between Marion and Sugar Grove, this photo is the Blessed Hope Baptist Church. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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hunterscamp.jpg533 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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Mountain City - Office of the Tomahawk Newspaper533 viewsEstablished in 1874, the Tomahawk is the only newspaper in Johnson County, Tennessee. You might want to check out their website. Photo May 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Elk Creek - Elk Creek Fiddler's Convention533 viewsI got to meet Roni Stoneman (TV's Hee Haw show, she played the "ironing board lady" for 20 years) at the Elk Creek Fiddler's this weekend. She was such a dear sweet lady. Her daddy, Earnest Stoneman recorded the first song in the town of Nashville. He sold the first million dollar country record. She told me that she had been on stage 64 years! Her family performed as "The Stoneman Family". Her dad convinced Ralph Peer to bring his tape recorder to Bristol for the legendary "Bristol Sessions". Photo June 23, 2007. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle533 viewsA RAILROAD FROM ABINGDON, VA. LINKING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES WAS STARTED IN THE 1880s. BY 1918 IT RAN FROM ABINGDON TO ELKLAND, N. C. WHICH IS NOW CALLED TODD. DAMASCUS, TAYLOR'S VALLEY, GREEN COVE AND WHITE TOP WERE AMONG THE STOPS ON IT'S ROUTE. THERE WERE 100 TRESTLES AND BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE.

THE VIRGINIA CREEPER WAS STEAM POWERED AND HAULED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY N&W IN 1956 WITH A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. IT CONTINUED IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 31, 1977 WHEN THE LAST TRAIN RAN. THE ROADBED HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A VERY POPULAR HIKING-BIKING TRAIL. PICTURED IS THE TRESTLE AT THE HEADWATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE WHERE THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OFTHE HOLSTON RIVER MEET. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Weaver, Eli Family533 viewsChildren of Eli Weaver top Myra Weaver, John Weaver
Melinda Weaver, Ruth Weaver,Amand Weaver holding
baby Jarvis Greene, Molly Weaver. Courtesy of Roy Weaver royweaver@bellsouth.net
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The North Fork of the New River near Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, North Carolina: 533 viewsView is looking to the northwest from the east bank of the river
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Lenoir Rhyne College533 views
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Dickenson County, Virginia's Coal Miners Memorial533 views
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