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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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Blowing Rock - Lake Chetola295 viewsThis image is from a 1920s postcard.
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PICT0017.JPG294 viewsThis school is in western Watauga County, near the Johnson County, TN line. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 28, 2006.
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Boone - Rotherwood Baptist Church294 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie293 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.
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dbooneinn.jpg292 viewsThe Daniel Boone Inn was located in the town of Boone. This image is from a mid-20th century post card.
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100_1257.jpg291 viewsI lived in this dormatory when I was a freshman at ASU (Jeff Weaver). Bowie Dormatory, Appalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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blowingrockepiscopal.jpg290 viewsThis is from the 1930-45 era.
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stringfellowestate.jpg289 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
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Blowing Rock - Blowing Rock289 viewsThis postcard with a copyright date of 1909 shows an early horseless carriage attempting to climb Blowing Rock.
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sunshineinn.jpg287 viewsThis is a 1910-20 era postcard.
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100_1254.jpg286 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 12, 2006.
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Aho - Julian Price Park Dam285 viewsFrom the collection of the Library of Congress.
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