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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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betseywallrock.jpg806 viewsView from circa 1910-1920 postcard.
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wytheville~0.jpg802 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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Foster Falls - Brick Church800 viewsTwo churches mentioned in Hannah Walton Sanders' Civil War era diary @ http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/

A sign at the Old Brick Church states that the church was established in 1890, but that conflicts with her diary. I believe the congregation was established in 1890, but the building is much older and was more of a meeting house before being organized as a church.

Hannah Walton Sanders is connected with the Walton family for whom Walton's Furnace was named. Walton Furnace is located within a few hundred yards of Sanders Mine Road at it's intersection with Walton Furnace Road. Sander's Mine was operated by her husband.

Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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wythevillerr1912.jpg799 viewsThis is a 1912 postcard view of the Norfolk and Western Depot in Wytheville.
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wythevillecove1911.jpg796 viewsThis is a 1900-1920 postcard.
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wythevillepowerplant.jpg796 viewsThis is from a 1909 postcard.
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wythevillebaptist.jpg795 views1950s era real photo postcard.
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wythevillebusdepot.jpg791 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard
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wytherocks.jpg791 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
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Wytheville - Bird's Eye View784 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard view.
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wythevillefarmsecene.jpg782 viewsThis is a November 1940 photo showing a farm scene near Wytheville. From the Farm Security Administration files at the Library of Congress.
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100_1817.jpg781 viewsThis photo was taken November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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