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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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gcch2.jpg578 viewsThis structure was used from 1863 until 1907.
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still.jpg578 viewsThis image is a postcard purporting to show moonshing in western North Carolina. The location of this still is not known, but may be typical of those used in Ashe County during prohibition.
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smethportextactco.jpg578 viewsThis very poor quality image is of the Smethport Extract Company made about 1918. The Smethport Extract company, a Pennsylvania firm, located in Ashe County, NC and made products from tan bark.
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stclairscreek.jpg578 viewsPhoto May 2, 2006 by Sadie Greer.
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pics 139.jpg578 viewsTeen Miss Smyth County 2006 in the Apple Festival Parade. Photo September 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Baywood - Kemper Hampton House578 viewsThis is a 1928 photo of the Kemper Hampton House. Courtesy of Wade Weekes weekesh@earthlink.net
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Baywood - Log Cabin578 viewsPhoto May 3-, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Radford - St. Albans School578 viewsThis postcard is from the first 1/3 of the 20ths century, probably from the 1920s.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church578 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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Saltville - Madame Russell United Methodist Church578 viewsPhoto by Don Smith October 24, 2010.
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galax5.jpg577 viewsFrom an early 20th century photograph.
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houkhse.jpg577 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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