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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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pics 056.jpg477 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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pics 013.jpg475 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Weaver's Ford - Nathan Phipps gravestone475 viewsThis grave is in New River Baptist Church Cemetery. Photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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woolenmill.jpg472 viewsThis is a view of the Littlewood Woolen Mill Building on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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pics 156.jpg468 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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pics 093~0.jpg467 viewsThis photo taken by Jeff Weaver, spring, 2006.
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pics 040.jpg466 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Fleewood - Sarah Halsey Howell's gravemarker465 viewsThis photo is of Sarah Halsey Howell's grave in Fleetwood, NC. She was wife of William Howell and daughter of William Halsey and Rachel Cobb.
Courtesy f Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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Jefferson - View from Mount Jefferson464 viewsThis is a northerly view from atop Mount Jefferson, looking into Grayson County, Virginia in the distance. If you want to know more, you can check out the Mount Jefferson State Park Website. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 13, 2007.
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pics 252.jpg463 viewsPhoto October 11, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 298.jpg463 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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