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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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Speedwell - Speedwell Furnace868 viewsThis is the Speedwell Furnace, located near Speedwell, Wythe County, VA. owned by the Williams Family who live in the Iron Master's House near the site. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Foster Falls - Galenea Methodist Church864 viewsThe white church is the Galena Methodist Church on US 52 at it's intersection with Major Graham's Road. Hannah Walton Sanders (1806-1876) mentions this church in her Civil-War diary http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/ Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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ruralretreat1908.jpg861 viewsThis 1908 photo shows a "typical" farm scene in Wythe County at that time.
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Fort Chiswell - Historical Monumnet859 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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speedwellschool.jpg856 viewsThis photo is courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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highway11.jpg855 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows U.S. 11 between Wytheville and Marion, probably at Groseclose.
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reedcreekbridge.jpg839 viewsThis ca. 1914 view shows the Norfolk & Western Railroad Bridge over Reed Creek near Wytheville.
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Cripple Creek - Raven Cliff Furnace837 viewsRaven Cliff Furnace, located on National Forest Recreation Area, Gleaves Rd., Cripple Creek, Wythe County, VA. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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wythesch.jpg835 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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Max Meadows - General View835 viewsThis is a circa 1915 postcard view of Max Meadows.
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crockettfalls.jpg834 viewsThis is from a 1908 postcard.
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4thavenue1908.jpg833 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard scene of a residential section of Wytheville.
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