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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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boydshotel.jpg887 viewsThis is a Real photo postcard from ca. 1910.
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Foster Falls - Brick Church642 viewsTwo churches mentioned in Hannah Walton Sanders' Civil War era diary @ http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/

A sign at the Old Brick Church states that the church was established in 1890, but that conflicts with her diary. I believe the congregation was established in 1890, but the building is much older and was more of a meeting house before being organized as a church.

Hannah Walton Sanders is connected with the Walton family for whom Walton's Furnace was named. Walton Furnace is located within a few hundred yards of Sanders Mine Road at it's intersection with Walton Furnace Road. Sander's Mine was operated by her husband.

Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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cabbageatrr.jpg722 viewsThis 1930s photo shows cabbage being loaded onto railcars at Rural Retreat, VA. Cabbage were a stapple cash crop at this time.
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carterparkwytheville.jpg716 viewsThis post card is from the 1950s.
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cassellfarm.jpg791 viewsThis is a 1976 photo of the Cassell Family farm house located on what is now Country Club Estates in Wytheville. Courtesy of Steve Grubb steppen_dawg@yahoo.com
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chimneyrock.jpg658 viewsThis is from a 1910-20 postcard.
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Wytheville - Chimney Rock636 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing Chimney Rock near Wytheville.
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Wytheville - Chimney Rock715 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing a closeup of the Chimney Rock.
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Wytheville - Counts Drug and Main Street780 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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crockettfalls.jpg794 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
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Wytheville - Crockett Falls762 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard of Crockett Falls.
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Crockett's Cove - Crockett Family Cemetery1007 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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