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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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elizcem5.jpg667 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, winter 2003.
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saltvillebev2.jpg667 viewsThis is a circa 1910 view.
Mountain View Church Sign.jpg
Mountain View Church Sign.jpg667 viewsPhoto courtesy of Carole Eastridge Waters.
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boone.jpg667 viewsFamous explorer and frontiersman of Kentucky made his home for several years in Wilkes County. You might be interested in one of the better old biographies of Boone by Cecil B. Hartley or a very rare biography by John P. Hale Daniel Boone: Facts and Incidents Not Hitherto Published
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PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg667 viewscourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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salt34.jpg667 viewsMover and shaker behind the Barter theater in Abingdon. This photo shows him speaking at the Saltville High School. Photo courtesy of Roger Allison shakerhoo@aol.com
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whitetopmusic.jpg667 viewsThis photo was taken at one of the Music Festivals on Whitetop Mountain in the 1930s.
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lester29.jpg667 viewsThis couple lived in Glade Spring, VA.
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june2006pic 035.jpg667 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 10, 2006. Chrissie Peters is sitting holding the kitten. Patti Weaver in the blue shirt is standing.
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governortylerhotel.jpg667 viewsThis view of the Governor Tyler Hotel is taken from a 1920s postcard.
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100_1863.jpg667 viewsThis worship space appears to be abandoned. Photo November 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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jamesgrimsleystone.jpg667 viewsThis grave is in the Elisha Anderson Cemetery. Photo November 5, 2006 by Chrissie A. Peters.
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