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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.


blowingrockepiscopal.jpg
blowingrockepiscopal.jpg400 viewsThis is from the 1930-45 era.
blowrock1925.jpg
blowrock1925.jpg420 viewsThis image was taken from a postcard, circa 1925.
boone1906.jpg
boone1906.jpg344 viewsThis is from a 1906 postcard.
boone1910.jpg
Boone - Bird's Eye View396 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
boone1930.jpg
boone1930.jpg408 viewsThis view of Boone is taken from a 1930s era postcard.
boone1baptist.jpg
boone1baptist.jpg368 viewsThis chrome era postcard dates from the 1960s. First Baptist Church of Boone's website
boone1stmethodist.jpg
boone1stmethodist.jpg350 viewsThis church, adjacent to the ASU campus, burned in the early 1980s. From a 1930s era postcard.
booneadventistch.jpg
booneadventistch.jpg389 viewsTaken from a 1950s era post card.
boonecabin.jpg
Boone - Boone Cabin Site421 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the reputed site of Daniel Boone's Cabin from the late 1760s.
boonegolfcourse.jpg
boonegolfcourse.jpg361 viewsThis 1960s photo shows the Boone Golf Course. Golf has not really caught on with native Appalachian people, but the tourists like it.
boonelutheran.jpg
boonelutheran.jpg390 viewsThis postcard view dates to 1930-45. This church is located at the intersection of King Street and Blowing Rock Road.
boonemountainmotel.jpg
boonemountainmotel.jpg362 viewsThis 1950s postcard depicts the Mountain Motel in Boone. This type of motel was popular in the 1950s and 1960s as more and more families began to travel around the country.
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