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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.jpg248 viewsThis is from the 1930-45 era.
blowrock1925.jpg
blowrock1925.jpg266 viewsThis image was taken from a postcard, circa 1925.
boone1906.jpg
boone1906.jpg254 viewsThis is from a 1906 postcard.
boone1910.jpg
Boone - Bird's Eye View273 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
boone1930.jpg
boone1930.jpg282 viewsThis view of Boone is taken from a 1930s era postcard.
boone1baptist.jpg
boone1baptist.jpg231 viewsThis chrome era postcard dates from the 1960s. First Baptist Church of Boone's website
boone1stmethodist.jpg
boone1stmethodist.jpg226 viewsThis church, adjacent to the ASU campus, burned in the early 1980s. From a 1930s era postcard.
booneadventistch.jpg
booneadventistch.jpg239 viewsTaken from a 1950s era post card.
boonecabin.jpg
Boone - Boone Cabin Site300 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the reputed site of Daniel Boone's Cabin from the late 1760s.
boonegolfcourse.jpg
boonegolfcourse.jpg245 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.jpg234 viewsThis postcard view dates to 1930-45. This church is located at the intersection of King Street and Blowing Rock Road.
boonemountainmotel.jpg
boonemountainmotel.jpg228 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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