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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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abramsfalls.jpg762 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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Troutdale - Sunrise Over Troutdale762 viewsSunrise over Troutdale, Virginia (photo taken 7:10 a.m. on Fairwood road) by Jeff Weaver March 12, 2006. It was a very foggy morning.
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minnieanderson~0.jpg762 viewsMinnie Elvira Anderson with her second husband, Charlie Deathridge (sp?), and her son Gale from a prior relationship. Minnie is my great-grandmother, Papaw James Virgil Anderson's mother. Uncle Gale is 90 years old and still living in the Smyth County area. Picture from Lena Anderson Osborne.

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Lansing - Lansing High School762 viewsThis is the old Lansing High School, later elementary school. Photo by Jeff Weaver May 9, 2007
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saltville1.jpg761 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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va_saltville1.jpg761 viewsThe town's golf course is seen here in a 1930s era postcard.
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wythevillebaptist.jpg760 views1950s era real photo postcard.
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fleetwoodschool.jpg760 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
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100_1787.jpg760 viewsThis photo shows the offices and shop for Ashe County Cheese, North Carolina's only cheese factory. It was established on Helton Creek about 1915, and then bought by Kraft Foods in 1929 and moved to West Jefferson. When Kraft proposed to close it, the local employees bought it and continue to operate it. Photo by Jeff Weaver, October 20, 2006.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Tech Campus760 viewsThis 1909 color postcard shows a panorama of the Virginia Tech Campus.
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Lebanon - Lebanon High School760 viewsThis image is from a 1940s postcard.
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toryoak.jpg759 viewsThis post card from the early 20th century shows the famous or infamous Tory Oak in Wilkesboro. This is where Colonel Benjamin Cleveland hung many who disagreed with his political views.
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