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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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000_0655.JPG687 viewsPhoto summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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wolfknobsch1924.jpg685 viewsIn the back row, left to right: Hoyle Weaver, Claude Spencer, Hazel Owen, Marvin Weaver, Winnie Weaver, Clara Weaver, Florence Weaver, Sybil Owen, and Mattie Weaver
In the front row, left to right: Luther Farmer, Reuben Kilby, Ray Weaver, Cody Owen, Cleve Sturgill, Otis Kilby, Ralph Spencer, Herbert Sturgill and Raymond Owen.
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wolf1910.jpg681 viewsFrom Jeff Weaver's family collection.
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Cox's Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery679 viewsPhoto Summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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000_0665.JPG676 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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Cox Chapel Community Center669 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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1908 Courthouse668 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, September 2005. You might be interested in the Minutes of the Grayson County, Virginia Confederate Pension Board
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Wolf Knob - Flame Azalea665 viewsFlame Azalea or honeysuckle as it is commonly called in this part of the world, is shown in this photograph taken in late spring 2005 on Wolf Knob Road, Grayson County, Virginia. Photographer -- Jeff Weaver
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923.jpg665 viewsThis is a photo of the Wolf Knob School taken in January 1913.
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Baywood Store664 viewsThis photo summer 2005 by Jeff Weaver.
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wt_store.jpg663 viewsWilliam T. Porter b abt 1863 d 13 Apr 1940 and his 1st wife Etta Jane Mallory b 06 Dec 1866 d 12 Nov 1905. This is his store that was located near Fries VA. Children in photo are Verna, Vestal, and Clarence. I don't know who the dark haired woman is.
Courtesy of Terry Porter.
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friesice.jpg661 viewsThis January 1917 ice flood knocked a bridge off its piers.
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