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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
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GHS class of 1931.jpg3531 viewsCourtesy of Judy Alley
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My Pictures0017_edited.jpg3353 viewsBald Rock Church near the entrance to Roberts Cove in Grayson County Virginia
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Sheep3230 views"I Love Ewe"Photo byShawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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fairwoodlogs.jpg2936 viewsThis is Isaac Quincy Weaver (1893-1961; son of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps) working at U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Fairwood in the early 1920s.
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100_1885.jpg2374 viewsPhoto November 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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bogtrotters.jpg2214 viewsA Galax band. Photo 1937 from the collections of the Library of Congress.
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Mouth of Wilson - Halsey's Ferry1856 viewsThis late 1940s photo shows Halsey's Ferry across the New River near where the bridge taking Route 93 from Mouth of Wilson to Piney Creek now stands.
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whitetopsouth.jpg1760 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the view to the South from the summit of Whitetop mountain.
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100_1890.jpg1686 viewsPhoto November 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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whitetopstation.jpg1607 viewsPhoto from the early 20th century, perhaps as early as 1913.
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Whitetp - Upper Helton Seperate Baptist Church1519 viewsPhoto Summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver. This church is located near Whitetop.
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galaxbolen.jpg1503 viewsFrom a circa 1910 postcard.
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