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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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gcmasonic.jpg598 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver winter 2003.
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Galax - Mount Vale Unied Methodist Church Cemetery598 viewsPhoto of the cemetery behind Mt. Vale Methodist Church, south of Galax, April 7, 2006.
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Haw Orchard - Haw Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery598 viewsPhoto October 18, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Eureka School598 viewsThis photo is of the "Eureka School", Providence Community, Grayson Co. VA. The school was also known by other names during it's useful life.-- Courtesy of David Arnold
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Stevens Creek - Stevens Creek Academy597 viewsStevens Creek Academy (historical), Providence Dist. Grayson Co., VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Oldtown - Stoneman, Rheata Gravemarker597 viewsChildren of Earnest V. "Pop" Stoneman and wife Hattie Frost Stoneman, famous Stoneman Family of country music history. Ballard Cemetery, Oldtown Dist. Grayson County, VA. Courtesy of David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net

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Flat Ridge - Honey Grove Methodist Church597 viewsPhoto March 21, 2008 by Jeff Weaver.
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galaxfun1973.jpg596 viewsThis 1973 photo from the National Park Service Historic Photographic Collection shows some boys having fun in the summer near the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Galax, Virginia.
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100_1760.jpg596 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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100_1833.jpg594 viewsThis photo was taken November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. The structure was built in 1902.
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Rugby - Gideon Weaver Family Cemetery594 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver.
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newrivercox.jpg593 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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