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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 - Watauga County, NC
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vallecrucisschool.jpg352 viewsThis is the Episcopal Church Mission School at Valle Crucis circa 1910.
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Boone - Watauga Handcraft Center350 viewsFrom a 1960s browntone postcard.
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Howard_sKnob.jpg345 viewsThis photo of Howard's Knob was taken by Lola Kilby in the 1920s. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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Blowing Rock - Mayview Manor344 viewsThis is a real-photo postcard of Mayview Manor from 1910.
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Wataugaacad.jpg343 viewsThis postcard was made very near the year 1900, and shows the Watauga Academy.
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100_1258.jpg341 viewsPhoto of the ASU mascot Yosef, March 12, 2006, by Jeff Weaver
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astc1936.jpg341 viewsYhis 1936 postcard shows the campus as it was then. This school is now Appalachian State University.
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Boone - Mountain Motel339 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows a rather typical motel of the era.
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100_1297.jpg338 viewsPhoto March 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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loomhouse.jpg337 viewsTaken from a circa 1910 postcard.
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Boone - Boone Cabin Site336 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the reputed site of Daniel Boone's Cabin from the late 1760s.
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Deep Gap - Trinity Baptist Church336 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver. Trinity's website may be found here.
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