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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 - Carroll County, VA
hillsvillecwnote.jpg
hillsvillecwnote.jpg1210 viewsCivil War era local banknote.
hillsvillemain60.jpg
hillsvillemain60.jpg1207 viewsTaken from a 1960s era postcard. More information about Carroll County can be found in R. Humbert's Carroll County, Virginia Industrial Survey
hillsvillemill.jpg
hillsvillemill.jpg1169 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
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Lead Mines District - Grayson Sulphur Springs.1163 viewsGrayson Sulphur Springs Resort, Lead Mines Dist., Carroll Co., VA. This site appears as one might expect Mayan ruins to appear. Grayson Sulphur Springs, near Fries, was very popular until most of the resort was covered by water after construction of a dam across New River. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Buck Hydro-electric Dam 19281160 viewsThis is a 1928 photo of the Buck dam and lake at Byllesby, Carroll County, Virginia. This dam on the New River is just below the Byllesby Dam.
bettybakermine2.jpg
bettybakermine2.jpg1148 viewsThis view of the famous Carroll County, VA Copper mine was made about 1905.
bottlehsehillsville.jpg
bottlehsehillsville.jpg1139 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
furnaceneargalax.jpg
furnaceneargalax.jpg1135 viewscirca. 1900.
cranberrysingingschool.jpg
cranberrysingingschool.jpg1117 viewsThis photograph dates to the early 20th century.
moonshinestill.jpg
moonshinestill.jpg1112 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows Baldwin-Felts Detectives with a siezed moonshine still.
bottlehouseinterior.jpg
bottlehouseinterior.jpg1104 viewsThis is from a 1920s postcard.
galaxtrestle.jpg
galaxtrestle.jpg1030 viewsThis is from a 1920s photo.
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