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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
wythesch.jpg
wythesch.jpg958 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
rr_10.jpg
rr_10.jpg956 viewsThis is a First National Bank of Rural Retreat $10 National Currency note, issued in 1933.
stjohnsepiscopal.jpg
Wytheville - St. John's Episcopal Church956 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard.
grahamsforge.jpg
grahamsforge.jpg951 viewsThis is a 1960s postcard view of this Wythe County landmark.
ruralretreat1908.jpg
ruralretreat1908.jpg947 viewsThis 1908 photo shows a "typical" farm scene in Wythe County at that time.
reedcreekbridge.jpg
reedcreekbridge.jpg945 viewsThis ca. 1914 view shows the Norfolk & Western Railroad Bridge over Reed Creek near Wytheville.
highway11.jpg
highway11.jpg945 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows U.S. 11 between Wytheville and Marion, probably at Groseclose.
wy07a.jpg
wy07a.jpg939 viewsThis is an early 20th century view of what was then left of Fort Chiswell.
speedwellschool.jpg
speedwellschool.jpg937 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
4thavenue1908.jpg
4thavenue1908.jpg926 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard scene of a residential section of Wytheville.
leadminesmarker.jpg
Fort Chiswell - Lead Mines Historical Marker926 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
crockettfalls.jpg
crockettfalls.jpg924 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
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