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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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Gold Hill - Gold Hill Baptist Church493 viewsThis is a relatively new meeting house for this congregation. A photo of the old building maybe found elsewhere on this website. Click here for a survey of the New Gold Hill Cemetery Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Sketch493 viewsDuring the first 90 years of Dickenson County's existence, the time period between 1880 and 1970, there evolved over one hundred identifiable communities, the nuclei of which consisted of any or all of the following: a one or two room school, a post office, a store, and a church. Sometimes the school served as a church or vice versa. The last rural post office in the county, Darwin, was discontinued in 1963. The last two rural schools, Dog Branch and Yates, closed in 1970. Very few country stores remain in
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100_1435.jpg492 viewsRoadside view, April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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pics 225.jpg492 viewsMaking music at the October 8, 2006 Whitetop Molasses festival. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1717.jpg492 viewsGravemakers for Joseph and Hugh Cole. This photo by Jeff Weaver, taken October 14, 2006.
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Grayson Highlands State Park - Visitor Center492 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, October 18, 2006.
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Major - Fox Creek492 viewsPhoto March 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Sparta - Christ Church Episcopal492 viewsPhoto March 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Rugby - Bird's Eye View492 viewsRUGBY, VA. / FROM GRAYSON HIGHLANDS / JUNE 16, 2007. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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rockcrkchurch.jpg491 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, summer 2003.
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Picture 100.jpg491 viewsPhoto April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 140~1.jpg491 viewsThis church occupies the former site of Young's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church. Photo May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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