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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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chairlift7devils.jpg615 viewsThis image is from the 1970s.
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Blowing Rock - Country Club615 viewsFrom a 1940s post card.
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church614 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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asuadmin1950s.jpg614 viewsThis postcard is from the late 1940s/early 1950s.
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stmarysepis.jpg610 viewsThis is the church of the Frescos, just south of West Jefferson on old highway 221. This photo is from the 1970s.
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SullivanCemeteryMonument.jpg609 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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asuair.jpg608 viewsThis aerial view of the campus was taken ca. 1970
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pics 096.jpg608 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Spring 2006.
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ncgranite.jpg608 viewsThis ca. 1900-1910 postcard shows some of the quarry work going on around Mount Airy at that time.
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charlesmotel.jpg607 viewsThis is from a 1950s era postcard.
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woolenmill.jpg606 viewsThis is a view of the Littlewood Woolen Mill Building on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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devilsgarden.jpg606 viewsThis is from a 1950/1960 postcard.
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