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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 - Ashe County, NC
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huskpo.jpg658 viewsNow closed, this post office building was photographed by Heather Sexton.
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Todd- general view652 viewsThis is another picture from the 1910's of Todd, NC. Todd Mercantile is in the center, Blackburn's Chapel to its the left, and the Todd General Store and General Store owner's house(the Cook House) to its right. The Dr. Blackburn house is in the top right of the picture. Courtesy of Paul Howellp docnpaul@bellsouth.net
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heltonpbc.jpg651 viewsThis church was organized in 1840 in Grayson County, VA. It moved in 1853 to Sturgill's, Ashe County, NC. Photo by Jeff Weaver June 1978
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healingsprings.jpg651 viewsThis post card dates from the 1930s. This structure burned in the early 1960s.
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johnhhashgrave.jpg651 viewsThis cemetery plot is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Chrissie Anderson Peters.
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Smethport - Smethport Baptist Church651 viewsPhoto April 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Ashe County Library649 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1787.jpg648 viewsThis photo shows the offices and shop for Ashe County Cheese, North Carolina's only cheese factory. It was established on Helton Creek about 1915, and then bought by Kraft Foods in 1929 and moved to West Jefferson. When Kraft proposed to close it, the local employees bought it and continue to operate it. Photo by Jeff Weaver, October 20, 2006.
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Grassy Creek - Bradley Sturgill's Store647 viewsThis old store building now remodled into a house, was once location of Brad Sturgill's Esso. Kids from Virginia Carolina School, just up the hill would leave school and come down here to buy goodies. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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Littlewoodproperty1900a.jpg644 viewsThis picture was probably taken between 1900 and 1905. The mill, built around the turn of the century to replace the burned mill belonging to the Perkins family, was bought by John Littlewood, an immigrant from
Yorkshire, England. In about 1900 his son Herbert Littlewood joined his father in the business. The mill is the long building at the center bottom. The two story building facing it was a general store. The two
cottages were the Littlewoods' residences. The Victorian house upper left was the Perkins's home.
Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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june2006pic 034.jpg643 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 10, 2006. This spring house is located on the one time property of John Hash and wife, Sarah Hash. This is the site of the Hash reunion each June.
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100_1788.jpg641 viewsThis is the only movie theater in Ashe County. Photo by Jeff Weaver October 20, 2006.
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