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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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piedmontschool.jpg641 viewsThis photo circa. 1910 or so, is courtesy of Sadie Stamper Greer. Note the steam engine to the extreme right of the image.
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friespanorama.jpg641 viewsThis photo courtesy of David Arnold david.arnold@adelphia.net was taken in 1990.
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pics 055.jpg641 viewsNella is a subcommunity on Horse Creek above Lansing toward Whitetop. Photo September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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radfordhighlanderband1961.jpg641 viewsThis postcard image is from 1961.
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West Jefferson - Main Street641 viewsThis photo was taken on a rainy Sunday Morning on June 3, 2007 by Jeff Weaver. The town's website is here.
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate641 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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mowwatertank.jpg640 viewsThis is from a 1961 newspaper article.
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fortdefiance.jpg640 viewsHome of Revolutionary War hero and later General William Lenoir. This is from a 1937 photograph.
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Johnson City - Loop Railroad640 viewsThis a circa 1920s postcard. This website has more information.
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Jefferson - View from Mount Jefferson640 viewsThis photo shows the view to the northeast from atop Mount Jefferson. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 13, 2007.
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Independence -Civil WarNote640 viewsThis is a Civil War shinplaster from Grayson County, Virginia dated JJune 28, 1862, in the denomination of 50 cents. From the ecclectic collection of junque of Jeff Weaver.
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