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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 041.jpg545 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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woolenmill.jpg544 viewsThis is a view of the Littlewood Woolen Mill Building on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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pics 060.jpg544 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Grassy Creek - Cox Place543 viewsThis barn is on the Old Cox Place at Grassy Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 18, 2007.
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shatleysprings.jpg539 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard and shows the famous restaurant and some of the cabins there.
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Fleetwood - Calvary United Methodist Church539 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Grassy Creek - Vernacular Farm House538 viewsThis photo shows a rather typical farm house for the area dating from circa 1920. Note the pyramidal roof. This example is located on Grassy Creek. Photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Jefferson - View from Mount Jefferson537 viewsThis photo shows the eastern end of the town of Jefferson from Mount Jefferson. The building in the center of the photo is the Ashe Memorial Hospital. In front of that is a shopping center. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 13, 2007.
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pics 198.jpg536 viewsPhoto October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This photo shows one of the barns on the old Perkins Plantation on Helton Creek.
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pics 046.jpg534 viewsThis structure housed, at one time, Ashley Chapel United Methodist Church. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 202.jpg534 viewsThis is the grave marker for James Blevins. Photo October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pigs.jpg532 viewsA view of a typical hog pen in the area. Nearly every family kept hogs. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 1978
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