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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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Rich Valley - Boys Football Team -1933657 viewsCourtesy of Andrew Frye.
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Rugby - Bookmobile Visit657 viewsThis is a late 1940s or early 1950s photo showing a visit of the Grayson County Library's bookmobile to the Rugby Community. Johnny Warren is the child coming from the bookmobile with books. Conley Warren is standing behind Johnny. Marvin Reedy is sitting on the porch of the store. The other man is unidentified. Courtesy of Judy Russell Powers.
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Crumpler - River House657 viewsFamous 5 Star Restaurant occupies the old Doc Ballou house. Click here for their website. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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Mouth of Wilson - Fields Ford657 viewsThis structure at one time housed Fields Ford, now closed. Currently it is used as an antique shop. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 6, 2007.
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Plasterco - Trestle at Tin Bridge Hollow.657 viewsNEW BRIDGE WAS REPLACING OLD ONE ON RIGHT / TIN BRIDGE / NEAR PLASTERCO, VA. / CIRCA 1907. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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barracksvpi1940.jpg656 viewsFrom a postcard.
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wataugacourthouse.jpg656 viewsThis structure is now gone, this photo from the late 1930s.
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pics 181.jpg656 viewsThis photo shows salt-making 1860 style. Jim Boardwine was kind enough to do this demonstration for this event, September 30, 2006.
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Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Entrance Gate656 viewsThis 1910s postcard shows the entrance gate to Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg.
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Weaver's Ford - New River Baptist Church656 viewsThis congregation was established in 1885. This building dates from the 1950s, and this photo was taken July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock- Tweetsie656 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the Golden Nuget Saloon at the Tweetsie Railroad Amusement Park.
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View of the Appalachian Trail near the Grayson Smyth County Line at Route 600656 views
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