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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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Smethport - Smethport Baptist Church856 viewsPhoto April 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Mouth of Wilson - The Round House856 viewsThis house was built by Dan Idol in 1874. Although called the Round House it is actually octagonal. There was a mini-craze for octagonal houses in the mid-19th century. This is apparently the only one in Grayson County. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Francy Gap - Groundhog Mountain856 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.
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American Threshing Machine856 views
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pineycpb.jpg855 viewsFrom a 1960s photograph, the church is now the Piney Creek Garden Club Building. The church closed in 1980.
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haystacksmarion.jpg855 viewsPhoto from the Library of Congress collection.
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graysonstgalax1913.jpg855 viewsThis image of Galax's Grayson Street is from a 1913 postcard.
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wardfields.jpg855 viewsThis photo was taken in Galax in 1937.
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Dickinsonville - Glade Hollow Primitive Baptist Church855 viewsPhoto 2006, courtesy of Blaine Owens.
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stjohnsepiscopalinterior.jpg855 viewsThis is a 1912 postcard view.
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pics 136.jpg855 viewsThis is the Marion Life Saving Crew historic ambulance in the 2006 Chilhowie Apple Festival Parade.
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