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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.

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weaverworth.jpg1037 viewsWorth Weaver was the son of Martin Luther Weaver and Ollie Kilby. He was raised on Helton Creek, Ashe County, NC but moved to Lancaster Co., PA in the 1930s, and later to Oxford, Chester Co., PA and still later to Dover, Delaware. He is buried in the Little Brittian Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Peach Bottom, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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barkerhorton.jpg1037 viewsBlind Horton Barker, famous local folk musician, noted for playing at the Whitetop Folk Festival for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt in 1933.
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100_1415.jpg1037 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006, by Jeff Weaver
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spencerbudoats.jpg1037 viewsThis image shows Bud Spencer bundling oats circa 1940. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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stpaulsmethodist.jpg1037 viewsReal Photo postcard from the 1940s.
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MAINSTREETCHURCHGROUP004.jpg1037 viewsThis photo dates to circa 1945. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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phippscora.jpg1036 viewsPhoto taken in 1959, widow of Benjamin Franklin Phipps, daughter of Martin Van Buren Richardson and Mary Polly Busic.
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robert5.jpg1035 viewsPhoto courtesy of Thom Houk.
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worthyhs.jpg1035 viewsNOTICE THE NEW STONE FIRE HALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEHIND THE TOWN HALL IN THIS MAY 1967 SHOT. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Fort Chiswell - Historical Marker1035 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Poplar Camp - Jackson's Ferry and Shot Tower Marker1035 viewsPhoto by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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Konnarock - The Road Less Travelled1035 viewsThis is Fairwood Road between Konnarock and Troutdale. It has been designated a Virginia Scenia byway. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 3, 2007.
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