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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_1341.jpg419 viewsPhoto March 24, 2006, by Jeff Weaver
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ehcollege1908.jpg419 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard view of the main Emory Building at the time.
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june2006pic 023.jpg419 viewsPhoto June 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Boone - Boone Cabin Site419 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the reputed site of Daniel Boone's Cabin from the late 1760s.
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100_1535.jpg418 viewsPhoto April 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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tazewellmain1913.jpg418 viewsThis view is from 1913, and shows trolly cars in Appalachia.
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StepenPorter.jpg418 viewsStephen Porter, born abt. 1845, son of George Porter and Margaret Messersmith. Courtesy of Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net.
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gayPorter2.jpg418 viewsGay King Porter (born 1878, died 1965), daughter of Harvey W. King and Amanda Copenhaver. Courtesy of Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net

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washcotnch.jpg418 viewsThis postcard view is from the 1950s.
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Gold Hill - Making Hay418 viewsAnother shot of hay operations at Gold Hill. Cattle raising is still an important agricultural pursuit in the New River valley. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Blowing Rock - Lake Chetola418 viewsThis image is from a 1920s postcard.
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