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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
boone1baptist.jpg
boone1baptist.jpg663 viewsThis chrome era postcard dates from the 1960s. First Baptist Church of Boone's website
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grandfather1908.jpg661 viewsThis view of Grandfather Mountain from Blowing Rock is taken from a 1906 postcard.
conemansion.jpg
conemansion.jpg657 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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Blowing Rock- Tweetsie655 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the Golden Nuget Saloon at the Tweetsie Railroad Amusement Park.
wataugacourthouse.jpg
wataugacourthouse.jpg652 viewsThis structure is now gone, this photo from the late 1930s.
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Blowing Rock - Rock House650 viewsThis 1912 postcard image sows the Rock House on Yonolosee Road near Blowing Rock.
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Aho - Julian Price Park Dam646 viewsFrom the collection of the Library of Congress.
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate636 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
boone1stmethodist.jpg
boone1stmethodist.jpg634 viewsThis church, adjacent to the ASU campus, burned in the early 1980s. From a 1930s era postcard.
stringfellowepiscopal.jpg
stringfellowepiscopal.jpg629 viewsFrom a 1915-30 era postcard.
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Boone - Black Bear Trail628 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard. This is now US 321 from Boone to Blowing Rock.
chairlift7devils.jpg
chairlift7devils.jpg621 viewsThis image is from the 1970s.
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