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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.jpg1317 viewsCivil War era local banknote.
hillsvillemain60.jpg
hillsvillemain60.jpg1283 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.jpg1281 viewsThis view of the famous Carroll County, VA Copper mine was made about 1905.
hillsvillemill.jpg
hillsvillemill.jpg1277 viewsFrom a 1950s era postcard.
GraysonSulphurSprings(20).jpg
Lead Mines District - Grayson Sulphur Springs.1264 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.jpg1262 viewscirca. 1900.
bottlehsehillsville.jpg
bottlehsehillsville.jpg1255 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
byllesbyhydro1928.jpg
Buck Hydro-electric Dam 19281251 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.
cranberrysingingschool.jpg
cranberrysingingschool.jpg1232 viewsThis photograph dates to the early 20th century.
bottlehouseinterior.jpg
bottlehouseinterior.jpg1219 viewsThis is from a 1920s postcard.
moonshinestill.jpg
moonshinestill.jpg1219 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows Baldwin-Felts Detectives with a siezed moonshine still.
galaxtrestle.jpg
galaxtrestle.jpg1142 viewsThis is from a 1920s photo.
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