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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 - Grayson County and City of Galax, VA
foxbaseball1914.jpg
foxbaseball1914.jpg627 viewsThis is a 1914 photo of the Fox Creek Baseball team. In the days before Television, many rural communites fielded teams to compete against those in neighboring areas.
GraysonccoOsborn[1].jpg
GraysonccoOsborn[1].jpg627 viewsThis photo from Donna dietricd@fyi.net is captioned "Osborn ?" under the man's picture. If anyone has any ideas of who these people are or where this photo was taken please let us know. jweaver300@aol.com
LibertyHill(3).jpg
Liberty Hill - Carrico Cabin627 viewsCarrico Cabin, Liberty Hill, Providence Dist., Photo by David Arnold. david-arnold@comcast.net
roosevelteleanor.jpg
roosevelteleanor.jpg626 viewsThis photo shows Eleanor Roosevelt and musicians at the 1933 Whitetop Music Festival.
hamptonhouse.jpg
Baywood - Litrettle Hampton House626 viewsThis old photo is of the home in later years with a number of
additions, smoke house, etc. The core of this home is a log cabin built by Litrell Hampton around 1850. Courtesy of Wade Weekes. weekesh@earthlink.net
apptrail2.jpg
apptrail2.jpg623 viewsThis marker is located on Route 600, near the Grayson/Smyth County line. Photo March 2003 by Jeff Weaver
galax1910.jpg
galax1910.jpg623 viewsFrom a tinted real-photo postcard dated 1910.
galax1907.jpg
galax1907.jpg623 viewsFrom a real-photo postcard, dated 1907.
beulahinterior.jpg
beulahinterior.jpg623 viewsThis church is located across the river from Fries. Note: this building is no longer extant. Courtesy of David Arnold.
faithlutheran.jpg
faithlutheran.jpg621 viewsThis is a shot of Faith Lutheran Church from the Cole cemetery, near Mount Rogers School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
halesfalls.jpg
halesfalls.jpg618 viewsFrom a 19th century engraving.
BridleCreekSchool.jpg
Bridle Creek School618 views
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