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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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100_1397.jpg1200 viewsThis building at one time housed the community cannery. People would bring their produce here and have it preserved in tin cans. Photo March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1396.jpg1196 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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100_1568.jpg1196 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1394.jpg1191 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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100_1580.jpg1191 viewsOK, its not much of a falls, more like rapids, but it is called the Falls of the North Fork. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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bearwallowfalls.jpg1181 viewsNear Horse Creek and Mud Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2004.
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Carlheim Hotel, Lenoir, North Carolina1174 views
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cordeliaroop.jpg1167 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie A. Peters.
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jamesgrimsleystone.jpg1161 viewsThis grave is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery. Photo November 5, 2006 by Chrissie A. Peters.
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986.jpg1158 viewsThe Helton Academy was one of the first high schools in Ashe County.
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Pennington home & family1154 viewsThis picture was taken in1892/3 not long after completion of the house built by Cicero on what is now Spencer Branch Road. The older children standing on the right balcony are Franklin, Victoria (Halsey), Martha Virginia (Weaver) and Cora (Pugh). On the left balcony with parents are Callie (Weaver, Kilby), Stephen Glen, William Edward, Joanna (Wall) and Charles Bradley in front of Cicero Pennington and Carl in arms of Almeda Grubb Pennington. Youngest son Dent was born in 1895. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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Crumpler - J & B's Trout Pond1151 viewsThis pond is on the grounds of Shatley Springs restaurant. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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