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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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pinnaclerock.jpg490 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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DUKEENERGYGASLINE035.jpg490 viewsLOOKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE LITTLE VALLEY / TANNERSVILLE AREA. THE GAS LINE WILL CROSS THE EAST END OF FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN...THEN CROSS TANNERSVILLE AND BRUSHY MOUNTAIN...CROSS RICH VALLEY AND THEN WALKER MOUNTAIN AND HOOK UP WITH THE EAST TENNESSEE GAS LINE NEAR I-81 BETWEEN CHILHOWIE AND MARION. THE LINE IS UNUSUAL IN THAT IT IS RUNNING NORTH-SOUTH. MOST FOLLOW THE VALLEY FLOORS IN A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION.

Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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decorationday~0.jpg490 viewsDecoration Day at Haw Orchard Baptist Church Cemetery is the 2nd Sunday in August. This photo is from 1979 and was taken by Jeff Weaver.
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Baywood - Baywood School490 viewsFrom a Grayson County School board photo.
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100_1938.jpg490 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, January 24, 2007
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Orange - Zachary Taylor Birthplace490 viewsThis 1930 postcard shows a marker for the birthplace of U.S. President Zachary Taylor.
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Andrew Franklin Phipps490 viewsThis is a picture of Andrew Franklin Phipps and his wife, Matilda Jane Kendrick. They raised a family on Cutter's Creek. The Phipps family arrived in Dickenson County around 1850. The Kendricks arrived later, after 1900. Desta Elliott
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whitetoppres.jpg489 viewsFormerly home of the Friendly Church a Lutheran congregation, located in Whitetop City. Photo by Jeff Weaver, spring 2003.
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indehs.jpg489 viewsThis photograph is from the late 1930s.
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Picture 018.jpg489 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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alleghanyfarm1943.jpg489 viewsFrom the Norfolk and Western Archives.
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kingsportbroadstreet.jpg489 viewsThis is from a 1930s postcard.
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