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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.


Last additions - Wythe County, VA
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Graham's Forge - Assorted Buildings.803 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 27, 2007
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Graham's Forge - Graham's Forge Building911 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 27, 2007
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Crockett's Cove - Historical Marker1101 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 27, 2007
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Crockett's Cove - Crockett Family Cemetery1053 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford, courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 27, 2007
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Austinville - Fincastle County Marker1084 viewsThis marker is located on US 52 near Austinville, VA in Wythe Co. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 22, 2007
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Barren Springs - Boone's Furnace824 viewsThis furnace is located on Boone's Furnace Rd., Barren Springs, Wythe Co. VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 22, 2007
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Rural Retreat - Lover's Cove776 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1938.Jan 18, 2007
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Wytheville - Counts Drug and Main Street803 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.Jan 18, 2007
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Austinville - Fincastle Resolves Marker720 viewsTO MARK
THE SITE OF
THE LEAD MINES
AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF AMMUNITION
TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
AND OF
THE COURTHOUSE OF FINCASTLE COUNTY
1772-1776
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HERE ON JANUARY 20, 1775 THE COMMITTEE
OF SAFETY OF FINCASTLE COUNTY ADOPTED
RESOLUTIONS BOLDLY DECLARING THEIR DETER-
MINATION NEVER TO SURRENDER THE RIGHTS
AND PRIVILEDGES GRANTED TO THEM AS VIRGINIANS
CLOSING WITH THIS ASSERTION:
"THESE ARE OUR REAL THOUGH UNPOLISHED
SENTIMENTS OF LIBERTY AND LOYALTY AND IN
THEM WE ARE RESOLVED TO LIVE AND DIE."
ERECTED BY STUART CHAPTER
AND BY WILDERNESS ROAD CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

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THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA BICENTENIAL COMMITTEE
COMMEMORATED AT FORT CHISWELL, JANUARY 19, 1975,
THE WORK OF THE FINCASTLE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY
WHOSE NAMES FOLLOW:
CHARLES CUMMINGS, WILLIAM PRESTON, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN,
STEPHEN TRIGG, ARTHUR CAMPBELL, WILLIAM INGLES,
WALTER CROCKETT, JOHN MONTGOMERY, JAMES McGAVOCK,
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, THOMAS MADISON, DANIEL SMITH,
WILLIAM RUSSELL, EVAN SHELBY, AND WILLIAM EDMUNDSON.

Photo December 27, 2006 by David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
Jan 16, 2007
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Austinville - Stephen F. Austin Memorial653 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netJan 16, 2007
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Wytheville - Bird's Eye View643 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard view.Jan 13, 2007
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waltonfurnace.jpg699 viewsWalton Furnace (Walton Furnace Rd., East Piney Community), Wythe County, VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.netDec 26, 2006
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