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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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floyd.jpg771 viewsFloyd (1806-1863) was an attorney, governor of Virginia; U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan, and Confederate general.
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blacksburgmain.jpg771 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard.
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Foster Falls - Brick Church771 viewsTwo churches mentioned in Hannah Walton Sanders' Civil War era diary @ http://home.alltel.net/cjwalker/

A sign at the Old Brick Church states that the church was established in 1890, but that conflicts with her diary. I believe the congregation was established in 1890, but the building is much older and was more of a meeting house before being organized as a church.

Hannah Walton Sanders is connected with the Walton family for whom Walton's Furnace was named. Walton Furnace is located within a few hundred yards of Sanders Mine Road at it's intersection with Walton Furnace Road. Sander's Mine was operated by her husband.

Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net
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greenwood3.jpg770 viewsLocated in the Helton Creek watershed, near the Grayson County line, this church is now only used occasionally. Photo by Jeff Weaver, Spring 2003.
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weaverflorence.jpg770 viewsThese three girls are all daughters of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps. This photo was taken on Wolf Knob, but all three later moved to Smyth County, Virginia.
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pblevhse.jpg770 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver 1978,
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spencervictor.jpg770 viewsVictor Franklin Spencer, son of William Troy and Alice Osborne Spencer and husband of Melinda Jane Weaver, in his WW1 uniform. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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wythevillerr1912.jpg770 viewsThis is a 1912 postcard view of the Norfolk and Western Depot in Wytheville.
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Near Saltville - Laurel Bed Lake770 viewsThis January 1969 Don Smith photo shows a frozen Laurel Bed Lake. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Smethport - Smethport Baptist Church770 viewsPhoto April 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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toll1911.jpg769 viewsCourtesy of Warren Houck.
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wolf1910.jpg769 viewsFrom Jeff Weaver's family collection.
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