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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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rotenralph.jpg1006 viewsMr. Ralph Roten is depicted here in his classroom at Virginia Carolina in 1965.
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coxmelvilleb.jpg1006 viewsM. B. Cox served as Captain of Company C, 45th Virginia Infantry during the civil war. He was severely wounded at Lewisburg, WV.
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Volney - Tobacco Patch1006 viewsBurley Tobacco has been a staple of the New River Agricultural economy since the 1940s. The road in the right of the photo is Virginia 16. Photo July 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Neaves, Lena Kay1006 viewsDaughterof Roscoe Neaves and Winnie Emaline Phipps.
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ttest.jpg1005 viewsCourtesy of Clinton Getzinger.
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arraratriver.jpg1005 viewsThis circa 1920 postcard shows the Sulphur Springs on the Arrarat River near Mount Airy, NC.
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Mulberry - Cross Roads Primitive Baptist Church1005 viewsThis church was established in 1850. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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Independence - Vault Museum1005 viewsAnother shot of the contents of the Vault Museum in the 1908 Grayson County Court House. Photo May 11, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Floyd - Hotel Brame1005 viewsThis postcard with a 1912 postmark shows Hotel Brame, a summer resort in Floyd, Virginia.
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wilkesflume.jpg1004 viewsThis postcard was made in the early 20th century.
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groupatbethel.jpg1004 viewsThis photo was taken at the Amos Parks farm in the Bethel community about 1915. According to my aunt, a version of it was published in The Declaration in Dec. 1963. I can ID a few people but most of them I don't know. I don't even know the occasion for the photograph. A cousin of mine has the original of this one and she has given me permission to share it out.
Courtesy of Rod Coates
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pulaskichurch1900.jpg1004 viewsThis church in Pulaski Virginia was photographed about 1900.
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