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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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bournbarn.jpg546 viewsThis barn on the William Bourn Farm has long been reputed to be the site of the first Grayson County Court. A closer reading of the record, however, suggests the first court was in William Bourn's house.
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spring valley - William Bourne House525 viewsThis is the present incarnation of the historic William Bourne home, a.k.a. "Rosie's Cabin" where the first session of the Grayson County Court was held. Photo by David Arnold.
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Bridle Creek - Bridle Creek Elementary School451 viewsOriginal Bridle Creek School, Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold
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Bridle Creek - Bridle Creek Unied Methodist Church402 viewsBridle Creek United Methodist Church, Grayson. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold

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bridleck.jpg446 viewsPhoto taken in the 1930s.
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bridleckboardinghouse.jpg601 viewsThis image was made circa. 1900. Courtesy of the Grayson County Historical Society, Independence, Virginia.
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bridlecreekacademy2.jpg428 viewsThis photo dates from the first decade of the 20th century.
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bridlecreekbaseball.jpg536 viewsThis circa 1930 photo shows the Bridle Creek baseball team. (Left to right) First row: Johnny Phipps and Alan Kirk; second row: Frank Plummer, ?, Enoch Rutherford, Edward Phipps and Charles Osborne; third row: ?, Tom Cox, Bob Kirk, and Jim Phipps; 4th row; Luehen Halsey, Joe M. Phipps, Clarence Roberts, Cebert Hackler and Bill Phipps; 5th Row (top row) Beale Kirk and L. Jeff Jefferson.
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Bridle Creek School457 views
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brushcreekbaptist.jpg384 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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Independence - I. P. Bryant Farm464 viewsThis photo was the cover illustration for the July 1933 Bulletin of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Immigration. The caption reads "Part of the Registered Hereford Herd at the Home of Mr. I. P. Bryant, Independence, Va." From Jeff Weaver's collection of stuff.
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burleygrayson38.jpg468 viewsPhoto 1938 by the Virginia Department of Agriculture.
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