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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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100_1255.jpg517 viewsAppalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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100_1295.jpg516 viewsPhoto March 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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mabelbaptist.jpg516 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie515 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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boonegolfcourse.jpg514 viewsThis 1960s photo shows the Boone Golf Course. Golf has not really caught on with native Appalachian people, but the tourists like it.
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asudorms.jpg513 viewsSome of the dorms on campus. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 1979. The gateway to Appalachian State University's web presence begins here.
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adminappnormal.jpg507 viewsThis Administration Building was for the Appalachian State Normal School, later Appalachian State Teacher's College, and still later Appalachian State University.
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Blowing Rock - Mayview Manor503 viewsThis is a real-photo postcard of Mayview Manor from 1910.
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astc1940s.jpg501 viewsThis is a 1940s linen postcard view.
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100_1774.jpg498 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Boone - Bird's Eye View498 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
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danielbooneinn.jpg494 viewsPhoto April 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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