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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 - Alleghany County, NC
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Whitehead - Union Primitive Baptist Church627 viewsThis church was established in 1834. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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CrabCreekPBCsign.jpg624 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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pics 019.jpg622 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Tobacco fields were once common in North Carolina's Lost Provinces, however, they are not so much in evidence as they once were.
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Roaring Gap - Marion Motel622 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
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Francis_Sturgill_Cemetery3.jpg621 viewsGrave of Rebecca Hash Sturgill. Courtesy of Harold Hash.
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Laurel Springs - Parkway Motor Court621 viewsThis is from a 1950s or early 1960s postcard.
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church619 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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devilsgarden.jpg610 viewsThis is from a 1950/1960 postcard.
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CrabCreekPBC.jpg609 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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charlesmotel.jpg608 viewsThis is from a 1950s era postcard.
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fouroaksparta.jpg605 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1910.
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antioch2.jpg602 viewsCivil War headstone of Jesse J. Atwood (1843-1920) at Antioch Primitive Baptist Church. He was the son of Thomas Atwood and Polly Steelman. Photo courtesy of Jason Duncan.
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