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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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665.jpg928 viewsClarence Weaver shown at the family home of the Middle Fork of Helton about 1930. He was the son of Arthur Fred Weaver and Nancy Emaline Sturgill.
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baldwinjoseph.jpg928 viewsThis is a photo of Primitive Baptist minister Joseph Baldwin who lived at Whitetop, VA. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin.
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Saltville - Shakers May 1956928 viewsSALTVILLE SHAKERS / UNDEFEATED 1956 DISTRICT VII CHAMPS


BOTTOM ROW - L-R - DONNIE PARKS, KENNY CANNON, CARLIS ALLISON, JOHNNY DAVIDSON, ROBERT DUNCAN, SONNY WALL, BOB BOOTH

SECOND ROW - JIM CAHILL, TOMMY (SOREARM) SMITH, HERBIE HAYNES, DON SMITH, STAN McCREADY, HAROLD DEBORD

TOP ROW - JOE SHIPLEY, COACH, BOBBY GRACE, GENE CAMPBELL, DOUG CANNON, CRAIG BARBROW

PHOTO BY CHESTER TOTTEN. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Pugh, Jack926 viewsSon of Gerome H. Pugh and Mary Annie Lou Phipps. Lived in the Weaver's Ford Community.
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Poplar Camp - Shot Tower926 viewsThis is a pre-1907 image of the Revolutionary War landmark near the Wuthe-Carroll County line.
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spencerchildren.jpg925 viewsThis photo is courtesy of Heather Sexton. These were the children of Cicero Spencer and Jettie Osborne.

Elba, Marshall William, Ruth, Janice and Gladys Spencer
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penningtondenthouse.jpg925 viewsThis elegant Victorian home is located on Spencer Branch, and was photographed on July 1, 1978 by Jeff Weaver.
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DolphandBaneyKilbySpencer.jpg925 viewsIdentification of the Baney and Dolph Spencer phot. Back row (l to r): Glen Spencer holding Clara, Wave Spencer Spencer, Wave's husband Ora Spencer, Lonnie Spencer, Vennie Rash Spencer holding Von, Brack Osborne (husband of Belzona Spencer), Belzona Spencer Osborne holding Helen. Front row (l to r): Hester Spencer Spencer holding Ola, Urbana "Bany" Kilby Spencer, Adolphus "Dolph" Spencer, Ralph Spencer, Claude Spencer. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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pricenancy.jpg924 viewsThis photo shows in the back (left to right) Howard Price, Ed Wiles, and Blaine Weaver; in the front (left to right) Nancy Weaver Price, Martha Wiles and Luzilla Sturgill Weaver. Nancy Weaver Price was the daughter of Joshua Weaver, and Martha Lawrence. See the Ashe County, NC People albumn for some siblings. Photo courtesy of Peggy Sheets Manning, Lancaster, PA.
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bookerphipps.jpg924 viewsCourtesy of Heather Sexton
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ivanhoefurnace.jpg922 viewsEarly 20th Century shot of the Ivanhoe Furnace, Wythe County, VA.
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418.jpg921 viewsLeft Ersa Dell Sturgill Gamble, Clarence Edward Weaver, and Lanta Sturgill Spencer. Ersa Dell and Lanta were daughters of James Estil Sturgill, Clarence was his grandson. Photo May 1952, Wolf Knob, Grayson County, VA.
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