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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.


altizerbridge.jpg
altizerbridge.jpg763 viewsThis is the bridge over Route 8 at the Floyd-Montgomery County line.
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Copper Valley - Fantasy Postcard637 viewsThis is a fantasy postcard from Floyd County, VA mailed in 1949.
floydarsenicmine.jpg
floydarsenicmine.jpg763 viewsGeneral View of the milling plant and mines of the United States Arsenic Mines Company. Photo circa. 1905.
floydnikelmines.jpg
floydnikelmines.jpg703 viewsGeneral view of the main opening for nickel ore on Lick Fork, near Hemlock, Floyd County, Virginia. Owned by the Virginia Nickel Corporation. Photo circa. 1905.
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Floyd - Hotel Brame834 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
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Floyd - Hotel Floyd circa 1910940 viewsThis view f teh Hotel Floyd is from a circa 1910 postcard.
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg
mabrymillblacksmithshop.jpg721 viewsMore information can be found at this brief website about Mabry Mill. This is from a 1970s sytle postcard.
maybrymill.jpg
maybrymill.jpg862 viewsThis is a depression era photo of the Maybry Mill in Floyd County, VA.
pinetavern.jpg
pinetavern.jpg777 viewsThis postcard dates from about 1950.
puckettcabin.jpg
puckettcabin.jpg651 viewsThis is from a 1972 postcard.
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Tuggle Gap - Blue Ridge Parkway576 viewsFrom a 1950s photo from the Library of Congress Collection.
zionlutheran1937.jpg
zionlutheran1937.jpg666 viewsThis photo is from a 1930s Roanoke Times newspaper clipping.
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