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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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Mount Rogers - Bear Hunt685 viewsThis is a circa 1930 bear hunt photo. Courtesy of Wade Weekes weekesh@earthlink.net
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Rural Home - Warrick House684 viewsEarliest resident known to me was Ruth Warrick ca.1890s, but house's history precedes her. Note Slave Quarters on left. Rural Home community, Providence District, Grayson Co. VA. Photo by David Arnold
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First_County_Seat_sign.JPG683 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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ugcsch.jpg683 viewsThis school was located on upper Grassy Creek in Grayson County, Virginia. The Photograph dates from the early 20th century.
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elksch.jpg683 viewsThis late 1934 photograph shows the Elk Creek Academy in Grayson County, VA.
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Comers Rock - Baker Falls on Elk Creek682 viewsThis photo was shot from the road on March 21, 2008 by Jeff Weaver.
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fries1909a.jpg678 viewsThis is from a postcard mailed in 1909.
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andersonharveyellis.jpg678 viewsMy father, Harvey Ellis Anderson, is second from the left in the front row. It has always been my impression that he was the teacher at this school in Majors. I am not sure of his age at the time, but wonder how he qualified as a teacher. I have no idea where he might have attended school although I believe he briefly attended college at Valpairoso College or University somewhere in the midwest as he was returning to Grayson County from Washington State. (The only information I have about his time in Washington was that he and several friends climbed Mount Baker which he reported to a newspaper in Grayson. I have a copy of his "letter to the editor." Several of his siblings are also present in the picture and their names are underlined. Claude Testerman is also shown who married Harvey's sister, Laura. Courtesy of R. David Anderson rdandy1@cfw.com
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galax1.jpg677 viewsFrom the 1920s or so.
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whitetopmusic.jpg677 viewsThis photo was taken at one of the Music Festivals on Whitetop Mountain in the 1930s.
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wolfknobgroup1.jpg670 viewsThis group of young people posed for this photo near Wolf Knob circa 1915.
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Mouth of Wilson - J. Cam Fields' Home668 viewsThis photo shows the Fields homeplace at Mouth of Wilson, with part of the Fields store visible on the left. Photo April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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