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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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pics 004.jpg1326 viewsThis photo was taken September 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver and shows the town square with the exhibitors and vendors at the Labor Day Festival.
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whitetopfestival1933a.jpg1325 viewsThis photo shows some of the estimated 20,000 visitors to this event.
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Allisonia - Allisonia Depot1325 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Grassy Creek - St. John's Lutheran Church1324 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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184winniephipps.jpg1324 viewsWinnie Emmaline Phipps, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Phipps and Cora Lee Richardson. Photo taken about 1928.
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Saltville - Worthy Mine1323 viewsWORTHY MINE / NEW QUARRY AREA / NEAR SALTVILLE, VA. / MAY 1973. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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farmerwilburnsusan.jpg1322 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor
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creepertrain1919.jpg1322 viewsThis August 1919 photo shows the Virginia Creeper near Whitetop.
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cline.jpg1321 viewsPhoto courtesy of Thom Houk.
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noahbarker.jpg1321 viewsThis is Noah Barker of Ashe Co. NC According to my family Noah was a blind musician, a fiddle player. He was married to Leah Pendergrass and they were in some way related to the Harrison Pendergrass family. My great-grandfather Harrison Pendergrass and his family adopted the surname Barker. According to the 1870 and 1880 cesnsus records Noah Barker was born abt. 1825. The census records also note that Noah was blind and a musician. I would love to hear from anyone who may know more about Noah Barker or the Pendergrasses from Horse Creek in Ashe Co.

Courtesy of Cheryl Ruzyla [email] m.ruzyla@bresnan.net[/email]
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minniecsmith002.jpg1319 viewsThis is a photo of Minnie Catherine Smith Peaks, b.9-29-1880, d.2-9-1953, and her husband, Andrew J. Peaks, b.10-4-1875, d.8-15-1953. Both are buried at the Weaver Union Church Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. Minnie is the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith. Courtesy of Debi Coe.
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100_1393.jpg1319 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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