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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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phippsevalee.jpg944 viewsMrs. Eva Lee Cox Phipps is shown here teaching English at Virginia Carolina in 1965. She and her husband, Joe X Phipps, lived at Mouth of Wilson.
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marionva1915.jpg943 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1915.
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phippsjohnc.jpg943 viewsBorn at Bridle Creek, Grayson County, VA on February 28, 1888, son of John M. Phipps. Practiced medicine at Galax.
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jeffstparade1911.jpg943 viewsParade on Jefferson Street, Roanoke, ca. 1911
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PopKilbyYoungandCalvinYoung001.jpg943 viewsCourtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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Carl&SallyRutherford.jpg943 viewsCourtesy of Bobbi huskypup@bellsouth.net
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maw36.jpg943 viewsThis is a John Porter photo taken in the late 1930s of his children playing in the lake at Hungry Mother State Park.
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chilhowiemills2.jpg943 viewsThis photo is from the mid-20th century. Courtesy of Katherine Beattie.
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maxmeadowsbev.jpg943 viewsThis is a 1916 postcard view.
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baptistchapelcem2.jpg942 viewsAnother view of the Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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J. Calvin Lee942 viewsThis grave marker for J. Calvin Lee shows the Confederate Iron Cross.
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Marion - Hungry Mother State Park942 viewsThis 1957 postcard shows the beach at Hungry Mother State PArk, near Marion.
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