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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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Summerfrield - Porter and Wright Store509 viewsPoole & Wright Store, Summerfield Community, Elk Creek District, Grayson County. Shawn Dunford, Photographer. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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100_1760.jpg508 viewsThis photo was taken October 18, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This field located near the intersection of U.S. 58 and VA 16 shows the antebellum Grayson County militia muster ground. The militia met here to perform military drills.
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Wolf Knob - Falls of Fees Branch508 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, January 24, 2007.
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shedonspencerbranch.jpg507 viewsThis shed was located on Spencer Branch road just across the Grayson county line from Helton in Ashe County, when this snapshot was taken in June 1978. This construction design is fairly common in this part of Appalachia.
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newrivercox.jpg507 viewsThis shot of the New River was taken in May 2005 by Jeff Weaver. This was probably the land of John or David Cox in the Revolutionary War period.
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galaxemployees.jpg506 viewsThis ca. 1928 photo shows the Norfolk and Western Employees at Galax at that time.
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whitetop.jpg505 viewsThis is a 1940s era postcard of Whitetop Mountain. The X marks the point where North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia come together at one point.
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gcch4.jpg505 views
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hawoch.jpg503 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, 1980.
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Fries - Historical Marker503 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Whitetop - Balsam Fir503 viewsThis picture of a distressed balsam fir was taken near the summit of Whitetop Mountain on March 25, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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foxcreekubc.jpg502 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, winter 2003.
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