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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 - North Carolina Counties
carolinamarble.jpg
Carolina Marble629 viewsUnsure of the date of this piece of ephemera, but probably 1910s.May 30, 2006
wataugacourthouse.jpg
wataugacourthouse.jpg322 viewsThis structure is now gone, this photo from the late 1930s.May 20, 2006
boone1stmethodist.jpg
boone1stmethodist.jpg256 viewsThis church, adjacent to the ASU campus, burned in the early 1980s. From a 1930s era postcard.May 18, 2006
tweetsie.jpg
tweetsie.jpg300 viewsTheme park near Blowing Rock using the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina railroad equipment. The ET&WNC is locally known as the "Eat Taters and Wear No Clothes Railroad"May 18, 2006
oxcartwilkes.jpg
oxcartwilkes.jpg827 viewsFrom a 1914 postcard.May 18, 2006
wilkesmeparsonage.jpg
wilkesmeparsonage.jpg495 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.May 18, 2006
mtairybank.jpg
mtairybank.jpg329 viewsFrom a 1915-30 era postcard.May 18, 2006
alleghanyfarm1943.jpg
alleghanyfarm1943.jpg417 viewsFrom the Norfolk and Western Archives.May 13, 2006
Sparta003.jpg
Sparta003.jpg321 viewsPhoto January 28, 2006 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.netMay 13, 2006
Sparta015.jpg
Sparta015.jpg379 viewsTHE SPENCERS...THORNTON, EMILY, AND MARTHA. Photo January 2006 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net.May 13, 2006
healingsprings.jpg
healingsprings.jpg654 viewsThis post card dates from the 1930s. This structure burned in the early 1960s.May 06, 2006
PICT0107.JPG
PICT0107.JPG388 viewsDetail of the front of the church. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 30, 2006.May 05, 2006
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