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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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Byllesby Hyrdo-electric Dam 19281258 viewsThis is a 1928 photo.
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Franklin Blevins.jpg1257 viewsThis is Franklin Blevins, son of Alfred and Margery Sheets Blevins.He is with his second wife, Dora Lee Hurley and their children. He married Dora 1896 and thier last child was born in 1905. He had eight children all together. Photo is circa 1904. Ashe County, NC

Courtesy of pamiam12@aol.com
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HeltonMillworkers~1903.jpg1248 viewsThis photo was taken by Herbert Littlewood. The only people I can identify are my immediate family: front row center, Herbert Littlewood with young son Jack ittlewood; middle row, second from left, Emily Littlewood (Pennington); middle row, far right, Hannah Littlewood; top row, far right, Ada Littlewood (Francis). Courtesy of Emily Kilby.
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Blevinsmaryjanecalvin.jpg1248 viewsThis is Mary Jane Brown Blevins (daughter of Jackson Brown and Charity Blevins and widow of Fielden Blevins). In the picture back row are her daughters Bashie Blevins and Dorothy Blevins Tolliver and son Roby Curtis Blevins. Mary Jane is in the front row with a boy the family can't identify. Courtesy of Cheryl Ruzyla m.ruzyla@bresnan.net

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sidnaallenhouse.jpg1247 viewsReal photo postcard taken ca. 1915, right after the Carroll County Tragedy.
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joshsturgillfamily.jpg1242 viewsBack row, left to right. Isom Sturgill, Bowman Pennington, Isaac Sturgill, James Estil Sturgill, John Andrew Sturgill, Francis Lee Sturgill. Front row, Lanta Ingram Sturgill, Laura Sturgill Pennington, Phoebe Marilda Weaver Sturgill, Lulu Stuart Sturgill, Charity Ann Farmer Sturgill. This photo was made after Joshua Sturgill's death in 1894, but family lore says that Joshua Sturgill would never allow his photograph to be made.
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wspen.jpg1237 viewsThis is William Spencer in his Civil War Uniform. He served as Corporal in Company C, 63rd Virginia Infantry. He was the son of Isaac Spencer and Phoebe Anderson.
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baldwinwmd.jpg1236 viewsCourtesy of Gabrielle Taylor and Clarence Taylor. Another copy of the same image contributed by Irene Baldwin.
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blevinsjcrosa.jpg1233 viewsThey lived at Grassy Creek, and this photo was taken about 1940.
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805.jpg1226 viewsHealing Springs High School, now closed, was located at Crumpler, North Carolina.
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JerryFHuttonandHettieMaudeNelsonHutton.jpg1224 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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G.C. Russell Sr. Farm 1224 viewsThis farm is in Grayson County in the Flatridge Community
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