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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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sturgilllmstore.jpg580 viewsThis photo taken in June 1978 by Jeff Weaver, shows the L. M. Sturgill store, then long abandoned. The road leads to Rugby, Grayson County, VA.
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Anderson & Kids580 viewsAnderson family portrait, Hazel Dell, WA, 1900. "Left to Right Katharine, George, Minnie, Marilla, Fannie, William Reese, Asa, Sarah Jane, Charles, Audrey, Robert, Estelle and Edward" .
Names written on the back by grandmother Marilla Anderson-Gardner.

Courtesy of Suze moreach@netzero.net
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church580 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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statestreet1927a.jpg580 viewsThis is a daytime view of State Street in 1927.
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pics 014.jpg580 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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MaryElizabethWeaver0001.JPG579 viewsThis is a photo of Mary Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Isaac Weaver and Mary M. Humphrey Weaver. Mary was born October 15, 1842 and died May 5, 1913. repunzul@tampabay.rr.com

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Saltville - Moon Over Saltville579 viewsThis photo was taken July 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 040.jpg579 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 199.jpg579 viewsPhoto October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver of a log shed on the Perkins Plantation on Big Helton creek.
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100_1819.jpg579 viewsPhoto November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. I know the little bird is hard to see, camoflague. The road is the National Forest Service road to Comer's Rock and Hale Lake.
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Weaver, Eli579 viewsEli Weaver, son of Joshua Weaver and Sallie Ashley, who moved to Watauga County and died there in the 1870s. Courtesy of Roy Weaver royweaver@bellsouth.net
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pleasanthgts366.jpg578 viewsThis photo by Don Smith was taken in March 1966. It shows the Pleasant Heights subdivision in its infancy. dsmith1043@comcast.net.
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