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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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cascade2.jpg870 viewsThe Cascades are located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Wilkes County, near the Ashe County line. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1990.
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wilkesch1911.jpg863 viewsThis real-photo post card was mailed in 1911. You might be interested in Crouch's Historical Sketches of Wilkes County
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Hotel Wilkes841 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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wilkesborodepot~0.jpg837 viewsThis linen post card dates from the first third of the 20th century.
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wilkesmeparsonage.jpg835 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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wilkeshs1911.jpg824 viewsThis postcard was used in 1911.
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Capt. Samuel Jackson822 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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Baptist Church Wilkes NC812 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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wilkescampyard.jpg808 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the camp ground for wagons travelling through Wilkesboro.
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PineyGrove2.jpg792 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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North Wilkesboro - North Wilkesboro United Methodist Church786 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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wilkesboromain1924.jpg779 viewsMain Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924
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