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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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Radford - St. Albans School610 viewsThis postcard is from the first 1/3 of the 20ths century, probably from the 1920s.
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Saltville - Madame Russell United Methodist Church610 viewsPhoto by Don Smith October 24, 2010.
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Fowler's Steam Plow610 views
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milehighbridge.jpg609 viewsThis is the famous Mile High Swinging Bridge, Grandfather Mountain, NC. An early description of Grandfather Mountain and surrounding areas can be found in Shepherd Dugger's Balsam Groves of Grandfather Mountain originally published in 1907.
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pics 137.jpg609 viewsThis photo shows the Marion Scarlet Hurricane Marching Band at the Chilhowie Apple Festival Parade on September 23, 2006. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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Galax - Harris Hotel609 viewsGranny Harris, Onnie Allred, Nettie [Allred] Marshall and Lee, Grace Harris, Mrs. Saunders Moore, E.M. Davis, John B and Jake

Also, written there is this note: "Harris Hotel, Galax Virginia--1917"

Also this note: "Building in background Luke Biships Livery Stable."

This should be Lute Bishop I believe.

The photo is not the best quality. Still, I thought it might be of interest to you. Nettie was the daughter of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost. Thomas was the son of Suttle, also written Settle, Allred whose wife was Eliza Belton. Suttle was the son of Jesse Allred of Randolph County, NC whose wife was Alcey York.

Julina Frost was the daughter of Stephen F. Frost a Civil war veteran from Carroll. I have a short note about him below. Stephen descends from the Revolutionary War soldier John Frost who is buried in the Frost cemetery in Carroll. I have a photograph of Stephen F. Frost, but it needs to be restored.

Courtesy of Mike Marshall Summerfield, NC mmarshall13@triad.rr.com

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Clover Postcard609 viewsThis clover shaped postcard was mailed in 1909. It has five views of Bristol, VA and a female image in the center.
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American Plow - 1776609 views
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graysonstgalax1913.jpg608 viewsThis image of Galax's Grayson Street is from a 1913 postcard.
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holstonvalley1.jpg608 viewsAnother view from Skull's Gap of the Holston River Valley. Photo by Jeff Weaver, winter 2003.
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Konnarock - Jefferson National Forest608 viewsThis June 3, 2007 photo shows part of the Jefferson National Forest.
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crabcreekpbc.jpg607 viewsThis congegration was established in 1875. This building served the chruch from about 1900 until 1956.
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