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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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The Big Oak Tree630 viewsThis oak tree stood at the intersection of Guffy Road (now Big Oak Lane) and Hwy 601, at the farm of Grover Cleveland Russell. Martha Luticia Ross Russell married James Fleming Russell and moved to the farm just after the Civil war and she said that the oak tree was the size of a stove pipe when she moved there. This photo was taken by Pamela Russell Kepley about 1975.
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MartinMemHosp.jpg629 viewsThis view is probably from the 1920s.
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feesridge1.jpg629 viewsThis is the general view from the top of Fees Ridge, Grayson County, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1978.
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pics 118.jpg629 viewsThis photo shows some of the textile exhibits at the 2006 Apple Festival.
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Oldtown - Gravemarker for Irma Frost Smith629 viewsMonument for Irma Frost-Smith referred to by Roni Stoneman in her book Pressing On, chapter Two--A Classy Person: Aunt Jack, p.13.
Ballard Cemetery, Oldtown District, Grayson County, VA.
Photo-David Arnold. [email]david=arnold@comcast.net[/email]
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pics 019.jpg628 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Tobacco fields were once common in North Carolina's Lost Provinces, however, they are not so much in evidence as they once were.
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ViewIntoSullivanCemetery.jpg628 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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vamesshall.jpg628 viewsThis is from a circa 1920 postcard.
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vpiparadegrounds.jpg628 viewsThis is a 1960s era postcard.
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fallsoffox3.jpg627 viewsNear Troutdale, Summer 2003, by Jeff Weaver
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100_1419.jpg627 viewsOrganized in 1836, this structure was built in 1858. Photo April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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Francis_Sturgill_Cemetery3.jpg627 viewsGrave of Rebecca Hash Sturgill. Courtesy of Harold Hash.
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