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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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ashleychapelmeth.jpg917 viewsLocated near Lansing, Ashe County, NC. Organized about 1830, closed in 1985.
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spencerblakeviola2.jpg917 viewsThis photo was taken in the early 1930s. Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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lester16.jpg917 viewsThis 1930s photo is from Glade Spring, VA.
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HelenBlevins.jpg917 viewsDaughter of Calvin Blevins and Etta Hopkins. Photo courtesy of John Shumate theshumates@comcast.net
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Weaver, Elihu Family917 viewsLeft to right: Wilburn, Curtis, Elihu, Sophronia, and Vilenia. Elihu Weaver was the son of Clayborn Monroe and Martha Litisha Phipps Weaver. Sophronia was the daughter of Wilburn Kilby. This photo dates to about 1932 and was taken at thier home at Wolf Knob in western Grayson County. From Jeff Weaver's collection.
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wytheville1860.jpg916 viewsThis wood block print shows Wytheville, Virginia. ca. 1850.
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Picture 120.jpg916 viewsPhoto April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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gethsemane.jpg916 viewsPhoto May 2006 by Sadie Greer.
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dunford.jpg916 viewsThis 1937 photo was taken in Galax by John Lomax.
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scan0010.jpg916 viewsFrona Roten Weaver wife of Marion F. Weaver. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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boysdormilligan.jpg916 viewsThis is a circa 1945 postcard.
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100_1790.jpg916 viewsThis is a photo of the old Hotel building in West Jefferson, taken on October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. The hotel now houses offices and shops.
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