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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.jpg1299 viewsCivil War era local banknote.
hillsvillemain60.jpg
hillsvillemain60.jpg1264 viewsTaken from a 1960s era postcard. More information about Carroll County can be found in R. Humbert's Carroll County, Virginia Industrial Survey
bettybakermine2.jpg
bettybakermine2.jpg1262 viewsThis view of the famous Carroll County, VA Copper mine was made about 1905.
hillsvillemill.jpg
hillsvillemill.jpg1257 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
GraysonSulphurSprings(20).jpg
Lead Mines District - Grayson Sulphur Springs.1249 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
furnaceneargalax.jpg
furnaceneargalax.jpg1238 viewscirca. 1900.
byllesbyhydro1928.jpg
Buck Hydro-electric Dam 19281238 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.
bottlehsehillsville.jpg
bottlehsehillsville.jpg1236 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
moonshinestill.jpg
moonshinestill.jpg1208 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows Baldwin-Felts Detectives with a siezed moonshine still.
cranberrysingingschool.jpg
cranberrysingingschool.jpg1199 viewsThis photograph dates to the early 20th century.
bottlehouseinterior.jpg
bottlehouseinterior.jpg1193 viewsThis is from a 1920s postcard.
galaxtrestle.jpg
galaxtrestle.jpg1114 viewsThis is from a 1920s photo.
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