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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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wythemain.jpg927 viewsThis is a view of Main Street from a 1940s era postcard.
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allsaintsch.jpg927 viewsThis photo post card was made in the 1950s/1960s.
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wytheville_51857.jpg927 viewsThis is a Five dollar note issues by a Wytheville bank in 1857.
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hicks3.jpg927 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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july2006pic 029.jpg927 viewsThis photo was taken July 22, 2006. It shows the second half of the names of those believed to be buried in this cemetery. Double Click on the image to enlarge to read the names.
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Galax - Harris Hotel927 viewsGranny Harris, Onnie Allred, Nettie [Allred] Marshall and Lee, Grace Harris, Mrs. Saunders Moore, E.M. Davis, John B and Jake

Also, written there is this note: "Harris Hotel, Galax Virginia--1917"

Also this note: "Building in background Luke Biships Livery Stable."

This should be Lute Bishop I believe.

The photo is not the best quality. Still, I thought it might be of interest to you. Nettie was the daughter of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost. Thomas was the son of Suttle, also written Settle, Allred whose wife was Eliza Belton. Suttle was the son of Jesse Allred of Randolph County, NC whose wife was Alcey York.

Julina Frost was the daughter of Stephen F. Frost a Civil war veteran from Carroll. I have a short note about him below. Stephen descends from the Revolutionary War soldier John Frost who is buried in the Frost cemetery in Carroll. I have a photograph of Stephen F. Frost, but it needs to be restored.

Courtesy of Mike Marshall Summerfield, NC mmarshall13@triad.rr.com

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Max Meadows - General View927 viewsThis is a circa 1910 postcard showing a general view of Max Meadows.
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Wytheville - Swinging Bridge927 viewsFrom a 1900-1905 real photo postcard.
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Chestnut Hill - Hash Cabin927 viewsThis sketch by Bill Caldwell shows the cabin of John and Sarah Hahs at Chestnut Hill. The older portion was probably built by either Greenberry Phipps or Edward Weaver.
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lansing45annouce.jpg926 viewsCourtesy of J. B. Sergeant.
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bluffmtn.jpg926 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard
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100_1730.jpg926 viewsPhoto October 15, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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