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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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Jefferson - Ashe Civic Center442 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 13, 2007.
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pics 060.jpg441 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 046.jpg440 viewsThis structure housed, at one time, Ashley Chapel United Methodist Church. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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ViewIntoSullivanCemetery.jpg440 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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powersstore.jpg437 viewsLocated in Sturgill's near the Primitive Baptist Church, this store was photographed in July 1978. At that time the store was used for storage. Photo by Jeff Weaver
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pics 085~0.jpg437 viewsThis factory, located on the North Fork of the New River, makes electrolytic capacitors. It was formerly known as Sprague Electric Company. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 13. 2007
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pigs.jpg433 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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Picture 104.jpg433 viewsThe cabin behind the white house was the home of Francis Sturgill, Jr. and Phebe Weaver. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 30, 2006.
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Grassy Creek - Vernacular Farm House431 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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Tuckrdale Baptist Church430 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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SullivanCemeteryMonument.jpg428 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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pics 041.jpg427 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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