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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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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate630 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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Jefferson - View from Mount Jefferson629 viewsThis photo shows the view to the northeast from atop Mount Jefferson. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 13, 2007.
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West Jefferson - North Beaver Baptist Church629 viewsPhoto July 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 299.jpg629 viewsThis July 18, 2007 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Billy Bottoms. The Billy Bottoms were once part of the farm of William Phipps (1783-1870+) son of Benjamin Phipps and Jane Hash, and proginatory of most of the Phipps Family in Ashe County.
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SavannahUnitedMethodistChurch.jpg628 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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pics 094.jpg628 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, spring 2006.
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boone1stmethodist.jpg627 viewsThis church, adjacent to the ASU campus, burned in the early 1980s. From a 1930s era postcard.
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Glade Valley - Little Glade Mill Pond624 views1950s image from the Library of Congress.
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Doughton Park - Bluff's Coffee Shop623 viewsThis is a 1950s postcard view of the Bluff's Coffee Shop in the Doughton State Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Boone - Black Bear Trail622 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard. This is now US 321 from Boone to Blowing Rock.
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stringfellowepiscopal.jpg621 viewsFrom a 1915-30 era postcard.
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CrabCreekPBCsign.jpg620 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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