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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.jpg984 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
stonebridgewytheville.jpg
stonebridgewytheville.jpg983 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard.
stjohnsepiscopal.jpg
Wytheville - St. John's Episcopal Church979 viewsFrom a 1950s real photo postcard.
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rr_10.jpg970 viewsThis is a First National Bank of Rural Retreat $10 National Currency note, issued in 1933.
reedcreekbridge.jpg
reedcreekbridge.jpg968 viewsThis ca. 1914 view shows the Norfolk & Western Railroad Bridge over Reed Creek near Wytheville.
ruralretreat1908.jpg
ruralretreat1908.jpg968 viewsThis 1908 photo shows a "typical" farm scene in Wythe County at that time.
highway11.jpg
highway11.jpg968 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows U.S. 11 between Wytheville and Marion, probably at Groseclose.
speedwellschool.jpg
speedwellschool.jpg965 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
crockettfalls.jpg
crockettfalls.jpg958 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
wy07a.jpg
wy07a.jpg957 viewsThis is an early 20th century view of what was then left of Fort Chiswell.
4thavenue1908.jpg
4thavenue1908.jpg952 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard scene of a residential section of Wytheville.
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Fort Chiswell - Lead Mines Historical Marker949 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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