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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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100_1748.jpg389 viewsThis is the easterly view from the Sugarlands overlook in Grayson Highlands State Park. Photo October 18, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1832.jpg389 viewsPhoto November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Fries - Grayson Mills389 viewsGrayson Mill, downtown Fries. This mill ground grains for sale under this name. Fries town, Grayson county. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesyof David Arnold david-arnold@comcast.net
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Comers Rock - Mount Zion Methodist Church389 viewsThis beautiful photo was taken October 10 2006 by Susan Taylor Woodson susantaylorw@aol.com
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hinesbrchurch.jpg388 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2004.
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hawoch.jpg388 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, 1980.
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mtairywss.jpg388 viewsThis linen era postcard (1930-45) notes that this resort was in the "shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains."
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100_1329.jpg388 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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minniecsmith002.jpg388 viewsThis is a photo of Minnie Catherine Smith Peaks, b.9-29-1880, d.2-9-1953, and her husband, Andrew J. Peaks, b.10-4-1875, d.8-15-1953. Both are buried at the Weaver Union Church Cemetery in Bristol, Sullivan County, TN. Minnie is the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Weaver Smith and James Latham Smith. Courtesy of Debi Coe.
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100_1681.jpg388 viewsThis Iron Bridge spans the North Fork of Holston River on Ridgedale Road. This type bridge, once common, is fast disappearing from the landscape. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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grahamva1910.jpg388 viewsThis view is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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commercehallVPI.jpg388 viewsThis is from a 1940s postcard.
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