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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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OldDoubleCreekSchoolHouse.jpg641 viewsThis building now serves as a community center. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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South Fork Regular Baptist Church, Piney Creek641 viewsThis congregation was organized in 1840. The church divided in the 1860s over the Civil War, with the other faction styling itself Primitive Baptist. The Primitive Baptist faction had a meeting house on the Ashe County side of the South Fork. This congregation closed about 1960, and that meeting house has gone to ruin. This meeting house photo was taken April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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lester29.jpg641 viewsThis couple lived in Glade Spring, VA.
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Cambria - View from Cambria Hill641 viewsThis view of North Christiansburg was taken from Cambria Hill circa 1910.
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Mount Rogers - Bear Hunt641 viewsThis is a circa 1930 bear hunt photo. Courtesy of Wade Weekes weekesh@earthlink.net
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Lansing - Quilt on a Barn641 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 6, 2007
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Saltville - Medical Center and West Main Street,641 viewsMEDICAL CENTER / WEST MAIN / SALTVILLE, VA. / OCT. 24, 2010. Courtesy of Don Smith
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russellch.jpg640 viewsFrom a mid-20th century post card.
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saltvilleair.jpg640 viewsThis view is from ca. 1920.
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hurricaneview.jpg640 viewsPhoto by Heather Sexton.
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loadingcrew.jpg640 viewsThis image shows the crew which loaded Mathieson products on the railcars. It was taken from the 1922 Alkalite.
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