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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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Glendale Springs - View of Mount Jefferson620 viewsFrom the Library of Congress Collection.
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Jefferson - Court House618 viewsPhoto taken from the parking lot of Ashe Memorial Hospital. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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wmgrimsleystone.jpg613 viewsPhoto November 5, 2006 by Chrissie A. Peters. This stone is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery.
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pics 056.jpg607 viewsNella is located along the banks of Big Horse Creek between Lansing and Whitetop. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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springbox.jpg605 viewsThis is typical of spring boxes, where in days before refrigeration people kept their perishables cold. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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Crumpler - River House600 viewsFamous 5 Star Restaurant occupies the old Doc Ballou house. Click here for their website. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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West Jefferson - Mount Jefferson Church of the Nazarene598 viewsPhoto June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Grassy Creek - Cox House596 viewsThis elegant victorian was once in the Cox Family. Photo July 28, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wmroop.jpg595 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie A. Peters
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smethportextactco.jpg593 viewsThis very poor quality image is of the Smethport Extract Company made about 1918. The Smethport Extract company, a Pennsylvania firm, located in Ashe County, NC and made products from tan bark.
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pics 298.jpg589 viewsThis is a general view of the cemetery, which was established about 1915, when Nathan Phipps was buried here. Photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 156.jpg588 viewsThis mural celebrates the Norfolk and Western Train, better known as the Virginia Creeper, which ran from Abingdon, VA to West Jefferson, NC from 1915 until 1977. Photo July 1, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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