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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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elksch.jpg672 viewsThis late 1934 photograph shows the Elk Creek Academy in Grayson County, VA.
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Fox - Primitive Baptist Ministers672 viewsThis group of Primitive Baptist ministers was taken sometime in the 1920s most likely at Fox Creek Primitive Baptist Church. Front row, left to right: Elders Charlie Kilby, Edd Davis, Bob May, Hugh Blevins, George Barker, Bynum H. Blevins, Everett Thompson. Back row, left to right: Lic. David Sulllivan; Elders Banks, Eli Lilly, John Cave; Miller, H. B. Miller, Frazier, and Meadows. Courtesy of Eddie Lyle.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery672 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin.
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beulahchurch.jpg671 viewsOldtown District, Grayson Co. across river from Town of Fries. Courtesy of David Arnold .david.arnold@adelphia.net.
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GHS class of 1930.jpg670 viewsCourtesy of Judy Alley
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unknowngroup.jpg665 viewsThis photo, futher unidentified, come courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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Edgewater - Sulphur Springs Methodist Church664 viewsThis church closed in 1955, and the building near Mouth of Wilson is currently used as a barn. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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Mouth of Wilson - Halsey's Ferry663 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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ugcsch.jpg662 viewsThis school was located on upper Grassy Creek in Grayson County, Virginia. The Photograph dates from the early 20th century.
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galax1.jpg660 viewsFrom the 1920s or so.
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Whitetop - Powers Store658 viewsThis store is located at the intersection of Big Helton Road and U.S. 58 near Mount Rogers Combined School. Photo by Jeff Weaver, October 18, 2006.
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100_1475.jpg657 viewsThis photo shows Grayson county Historical Society President Lou Kurtz digging searching for grave markers in what is reported to be the site of the grave of a Tory hung in 1780.
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