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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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Glade Spring - Glade Spring High School Class of 1952623 viewsCourtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Clover Postcard622 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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pics 299.jpg622 viewsThis July 18, 2007 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Billy Bottoms. The Billy Bottoms were once part of the farm of William Phipps (1783-1870+) son of Benjamin Phipps and Jane Hash, and proginatory of most of the Phipps Family in Ashe County.
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fortdefiance.jpg621 viewsHome of Revolutionary War hero and later General William Lenoir. This is from a 1937 photograph.
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bristolcountryclub1937.jpg621 viewsThis postcard was mailed in 1937.
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mtrogersexplorer.jpg620 viewsThis photo by Greear Studios shows a child exploring the "wilds" of Mount Rogers in the 1960s. You may explore Mount Roger's Geological History at the Radford University's Virtual Field Trip website.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery620 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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100_1547.jpg619 viewsPhoto April 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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milehighbridge.jpg618 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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gracehosp.jpg618 viewsThis image appears to be from the first third of the 20th century.
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friespanorama.jpg618 viewsThis photo courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net was taken in 1990.
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pics 094.jpg618 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, spring 2006.
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