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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 - Washington County, VA
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rushcrk.jpg530 viewsTaken in 1978, this photo shows the "Old Log Church" before it was remodelled. This structure was built in 1822 and is still used as a church. Click here for the church's website. A Survey of the church's cemetery may be found here.
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Meadowview - Health Clinic528 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Octooher 2007.
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gladespgsdepot.jpg526 viewsThis image was made circa. 1910.
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Tumbling Cove - Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area523 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 30, 2007
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100_1603.jpg522 viewsLocated off Poor Valley in Aistrop Hollow, this view of the Deliverance Pentecostal Church of God was made April 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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abingdon1846.jpg521 viewsThis sketch of Abingdon was first published in Henry Howe's 1846 Description of Virginia.
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plasterco2.jpg521 viewsThis is a circa 1905 photo of the Plaster works at Plasterco.
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Green Cove - Creek Junction Trestle521 viewsMYRL DUNHAM / CREEK JUNCTION TRESTLE / CREEPER TRAIL BETWEEN GREEN COVE AND TAYLOR'S VALLEY, VA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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damascus1910.jpg520 viewsThis is from a 1910s postcard.
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Abingdon - Engraving from 1846520 viewsThis 1846 engraving is taken from Howe's History of Virginia.
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abingdonps.jpg518 viewsThis image was made in the first decade of the 20th century.
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Abingdon - Johnston Memorial Hospital517 viewsThis is from a 1930s postcard.
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