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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.


Most viewed - North Carolina Counties
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Glendale Springs - Glendale Springs Presbyterian Church873 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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pics 085~0.jpg871 viewsThis factory, located on the North Fork of the New River, makes electrolytic capacitors. It was formerly known as Sprague Electric Company. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 13. 2007
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100_1592.jpg870 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, this image was taken near Weaver's Ford.
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pics 056.jpg868 viewsNella is located along the banks of Big Horse Creek between Lansing and Whitetop. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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gcbc.jpg867 viewsThis photograph is from 1971 or 1972.
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fleetwoodschool.jpg867 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
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stokesmansion.jpg865 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard (ca. 1915).
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livehse.jpg864 viewsThis photograph is from the early 1970s.
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cascade2.jpg863 viewsThe Cascades are located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Wilkes County, near the Ashe County line. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1990.
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kingstreet1965.jpg863 viewsThis is a circa 1965 view of King Street facing west.
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WWIpeacefloat.jpg861 viewsThis float won first place in a parade in Jefferson celebrating the end of "the war to end all wars." Charles Bradley Pennington is at the horse's head, his oldest daughters, Rose, Anna and Edith, are the little peace angels. The peace "goddess" is unidentified. Courtesy of Emily Kilby.

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Warrensville - Warrensville United Methodist Church859 viewsPhoto April 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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