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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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Allison Gap - Price Mountain800 viewsRidge making ledge of Price Mountain, probably to of Chemung strata, Allison Gap. No date, but circa 1910, Image from the U.S.Geological Survey.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery800 viewsImage of Martha Halsey's gravemarker, Courtesy of Misty Martin.
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"Big Tom" Buchanan800 views"Big Tom" Buchanan, November 9, 2009. Photo by Don Smith.
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padgett.jpg799 viewsFrom the 1933 Masonic Yearbook of Virginia. He was grand master of the Virginia lodge that year.
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vc2.jpg799 viewsThis school building was built in 1940, and burned in 1968. The school sat on the state line. The center hall way was the stateline.
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greengable5.jpg799 viewsThis photo is by Scott Trent, 2004.
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sturgilljechildren.jpg799 viewsShow in this ca. 1955 shot are (sitting) William Sturgill (standing left to right); Ersa Dell Sturgill Gamble, Lanta Sturgill Spencer; Steve Sturgill, Cora Sturgill Frazier; and Guida Sturgill Weaver. All were children of James Estil Sturgill and Ella Ingram.
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Piney Creek School, Piney Creek799 viewsThis building is no longer used as a school, and the sign on the front says "New River Artisans." A new Piney Creek Elementary School is on the opposite side of the road. Photo April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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jonesrobertjc.jpg799 viewsBrother and sister, children of Charlie and Lear Rutherford Jones. Courtesy of Viola Shenton shentons@thevillages.net
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Fleetwood - William Howell's gravemarker799 viewsCourtesy o Paul Howell docnpaul@bellsouth.net
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saltville1.jpg798 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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abramsfalls.jpg798 viewsThis site, near Bristol, Virginia, was taken from an old real-photo postcard.
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