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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_1684.jpg455 viewsThe Chatham Hill First Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) is shown in this photo, taken April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 128.jpg455 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Boone - Mountain Motel455 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows a rather typical motel of the era.
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Cumberland Knob - Fox Hunter's Paradise455 viewsOn the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 20, 2007.
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Volney - Log House455 viewsPopular restaurant and convenience store. Photo June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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tazewellcattle20s.jpg454 viewsThis is from a 1920s era postcard. It shows the typical Appalachian whitefaced cattle. Whitefaced cattle are generally Polled Herefords
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100_1561.jpg454 viewsThis is one of two fish hatcheries in Smyth County, the other being south of Marion on Route 16. This facility produces bass for stocking area streams and lakes. From the Virginia Fisheries website. "The Buller Fish Hatchery near Sugar Grove annually produces northern pike muskellunge, smallmouth bass, and walleyes, as well as 50,000 trout. Trout used to stock Clinch Mountain WMA (Big Tumbling Creek) and Crooked Creek fee-fishing areas are produced year-round. Intensive rearing of muskellunge and northern pike is underway from April through June."
Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 14, 2006.
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jctlibrary.jpg454 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 119.jpg454 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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lester42.jpg454 viewsOnly three identified. First row next to the far right, Simon Thomas, far right, William Lester; Backrow far right Bower Thomas.
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abingdon1909mainstreet.jpg454 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard of Abingdon's Main Street.
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pics 166.jpg454 viewsPetty died while serving in the 42nd Infantry Division on September 12, 1918, while serving in World War I. This gravemaker is located in the Piney Creek Methodist Church Cemetery and was photographed on September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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