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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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wytherocks.jpg677 viewsThis is from a circa 1905 postcard.
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100_1775.jpg677 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pulaskifarm.jpg677 viewsThis 1930s postcard shows a "typical" farm.
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elishaandersonstone.jpg677 viewsThis grave stone is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery. Photo November 5, 2006 by Chrissie A. Peters.
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Chilhowie - Lumber Wagons677 viewsThis circa 1910 photo shows horse-drawn wagons loaded with lumber approaching the Chilhowie Railroad Depot. Courtesy of Edna Bonham Love.
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McCready - Sandstone Cliff677 viewsthis ca.1910 image from the U.S. Geological Survey shows a sandstone cliff near McCready, Smyth County, VA,
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1908 Courthouse676 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, September 2005. You might be interested in the Minutes of the Grayson County, Virginia Confederate Pension Board
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fostermemorial.jpg676 viewsFoster Memorial Presbyterian Church, located along the banks of Horse Creek, Ashe County, NC in the Nella Community.
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scan0005.jpg676 viewsThese two children are Clarence & Elbert Pool who sent their photograph to their teacher Mae Thomas in 1913 at Carsinsville, VA.. Mae married John William Baldwin in 1915. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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waltonjames2.jpg676 viewsThis photo shows James Walton, Breece Walton and Almeda Kilby Walton. Courtesy of Anita Kay Wyatt.
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Glendale Springs - Holy Trinity Episcopal Church676 viewsThis is one of the two Episcopal Churches in Ashe County with frescoes. This one is the host of "The Last Supper" by Ben Long, featured in another photo on this website. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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MadamRussellCabin001.jpg675 viewsPhoto by Janice Busic, January 2006. Madam Russell was the sister of Virginia's famous Patrick Henry. She married first General William Campbell, and second another Revolutionary War General William Russell. A reprint of some of the correspondence of Russell is found in this reprint of Anna Des Cognet's William Russell
Photo Courtesy of Janice Busic janice_b@verizon.net
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