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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.


Most viewed - Wythe County, VA
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stjohnsepiscopalinterior.jpg818 viewsThis is a 1912 postcard view.
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Austinville - Fincastle Resolves Marker816 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
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Wytheville - Robert Enoch Withers Historical Marker812 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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100_1648.jpg810 viewsThis church is just over the Wythe County line from Camp (Smyth County). Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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wythevillediner.jpg810 viewsThis March 1943 photo shows truckers enjoying a meal in Wytheville, Virginia.
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Walton Furnace - Tree in a Silo810 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold
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academyofthevisitation1906.jpg809 viewsThis 1906 postcard shows the Roman Catholic school in Wytheville.
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berthazinc.jpg808 viewsA subsidiary of U.S. Zinc, this photo dates from the mid-20th century.
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wythevillemain1912.jpg808 viewsThis view is presented in a 1912 postcard.
stpaulsmethodist.jpg
stpaulsmethodist.jpg807 viewsReal Photo postcard from the 1940s.
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Wytheville - Walter Crockett Historucal Marker805 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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wytheville1911.jpg803 viewsThis is a 1911 postcard showing the Wythe County, VA Courthouse.
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