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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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100_1591.jpg606 viewsThis image was taken from the Piney Creek Low Water Bridge. The land on the right is in Alleghany County, while that on the left is in Ashe County. The right bank of the river is the county line. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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newbethel.jpg606 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver September 13, 2006. This church is a member of the Mountain Union Baptist Association.
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powhatanarrow121949.jpg606 viewsThis postcard was created in December 1949.
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hmlake101963.jpg606 viewsOCTOBER 1963...HUNGRY MOTHER LAKE MINUS THE LAKE. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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Fries - Dam on New River606 viewsPhoto May 17, 2007 by Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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snidowwb.jpg605 viewsMember of the bar and commonwealth's attorney for Giles County, VA. Born at White Gate March 2, 1877, son of John D. and Jennie Bane Snidow.
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hungrymother1.jpg605 viewsPhoto 1938 by the Virginia Department of Agriculture.
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Grant - Grant United Methodist Church605 viewsPhoto March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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7mileford.jpg605 viewsThis view was made about 1890.
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prestonmansion.jpg605 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the Old Stage Coach Inn on the Old Wilderness Road.
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Elizabethton - Main Street605 viewsThis is from an early 1960s postcard.
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Chilhowie - Piggly Wiggly Building605 viewsThis photo was taken June 28, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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