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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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100_1788.jpg820 viewsThis is the only movie theater in Ashe County. Photo by Jeff Weaver October 20, 2006.
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100_1780.jpg819 viewsThis building is the former home of Ray Hardware. Photo October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 251.jpg814 viewsThis view was taken October 11, 2006 by Jeff Weaver from the Howell Hill Cemetery.
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vc2.jpg813 viewsThis school building was built in 1940, and burned in 1968. The school sat on the state line. The center hall way was the stateline.
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baptistchape1.jpg813 viewsThis is a detail of one side of Baptist Chapel Church, organized in 1842, before it was covered over with vinyl siding and ruined the ambiance of the place. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 1978.
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newbethel.jpg813 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver September 13, 2006. This church is a member of the Mountain Union Baptist Association.
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Warrensville - Oak Grove Regular Baptist Church812 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver April 18, 2007.
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heltonwm.jpg811 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, 1978
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lheltonbc.jpg810 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2003.
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obidsbc.jpg810 viewsThis photo was made in the early 1970s.
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idlewildschool.jpg810 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
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sturgillfranciscabin.jpg810 viewsThis photo made in the late 1970s shows the cabin of Francis Sturgill, Jr. and Phebe Weaver Sturgill. It is located on Helton Creek, about a quarter mile from the Virginia line in Ashe County, NC. Francis Sturgill (1782-1842) was the son of Francis Sturgill, Sr. and Rebecca Hash. Phebe Weaver 1783-1855 was the daughter of William Weaver, Sr. and his first wife, who was a daughter of Moses McDaniel.
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