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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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Mountain City - Bethel Baptist Church519 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 20, 2007.
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galaxatblowingrock.jpg518 viewsThis is from an early 1900s postcard.
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Wataugaacad.jpg518 viewsThis postcard was made very near the year 1900, and shows the Watauga Academy.
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100_1448.jpg518 viewsThis congregation was established about 1913. Photo April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1600.jpg518 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 19, 2006.
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asuscience.jpg518 viewsThis postcard is from the 1930-45 linen era. This was the science building on the campus of what was then known as Appalachian State Teacher's College.
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buffalocreek.jpg518 viewsThis is from a 1930s postcard.
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Green Cove - Creek Junction Trestle518 viewsMYRL DUNHAM / CREEK JUNCTION TRESTLE / CREEPER TRAIL BETWEEN GREEN COVE AND TAYLOR'S VALLEY, VA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Sketch518 viewsDuring the first 90 years of Dickenson County's existence, the time period between 1880 and 1970, there evolved over one hundred identifiable communities, the nuclei of which consisted of any or all of the following: a one or two room school, a post office, a store, and a church. Sometimes the school served as a church or vice versa. The last rural post office in the county, Darwin, was discontinued in 1963. The last two rural schools, Dog Branch and Yates, closed in 1970. Very few country stores remain in
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rockcrkchurch.jpg517 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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100_1427.jpg517 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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