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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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100_1648.jpg796 viewsThis church is just over the Wythe County line from Camp (Smyth County). Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Wytheville - Main Street at Night795 viewsThis is from a early 1940s postcard.
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Wytheville - Robert Enoch Withers Historical Marker793 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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berthazinc.jpg792 viewsA subsidiary of U.S. Zinc, this photo dates from the mid-20th century.
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wythevillediner.jpg792 viewsThis March 1943 photo shows truckers enjoying a meal in Wytheville, Virginia.
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Walton Furnace - Tree in a Silo792 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold
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wytheweatherbldg.jpg790 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era postcard.
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Wytheville - Walter Crockett Historucal Marker790 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Austinville - Fincastle Resolves Marker789 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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wythevillemain1912.jpg787 viewsThis view is presented in a 1912 postcard.
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stpaulsmethodist.jpg785 viewsReal Photo postcard from the 1940s.
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100_1654.jpg781 viewsThis church was established in 1825. This building dates from about 1900. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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