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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 - Wilkes County, NC
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Carolina Marble741 viewsUnsure of the date of this piece of ephemera, but probably 1910s.
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kenhts.jpg738 viewsKensington Heights, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, ca. 1910.
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Baptist Church Wilkes NC736 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard. A related piece maybe found in the reprint of the Memorial of Rev. George McNeil which discusses the life of this Baptist pioneer of Wilkes County.
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cascade1.jpg697 viewsThe Cascades, located just inside Wilkes County's western border. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 1990. Some of you might like to read the Elisha Mitchell's Diary of a Geological Tour of Ashe, Wilkes and Surry County, North Carolina
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wilkesborobeye1913.jpg687 viewsThis view of Wilkesboro is shown in a postally used card from 1913.
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PineyGrove2.jpg685 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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SamuelJohnsonMonumentonGrizzleTail.jpg680 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail680 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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wilkesbuscenter.jpg679 viewsThis 1938 postcard shows the downtown area of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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smootandsonstannery.jpg674 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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pics 010.jpg672 viewsThis photo was taken September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver at the Jumping Off Place just over the Wilkes County line from Glendale Springs. This view shows the Blue Ridge in the distance.
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wilkesflume.jpg668 viewsThis postcard was made in the early 20th century.
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