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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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Stuart, Henry C.511 viewsBorn in Wytheville in 1855, moved to Russell County, VA, became one of the largest stock raisers in the United States. Member of the State Constitutional Convention in 1901 and served as Governor of Virginia from 1914 unil 1918. Died in Russell County, VA in 1933.
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Independence - Point Lookout Mountain511 viewsUS 58 and the northern flowing New River lead the eye to Point Lookout Mountain (4550 ft.) in Grayson County. Photo by David Arnold and Shawn Dunford. davod-arnold@comcast.net
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adminappnormal.jpg510 viewsThis Administration Building was for the Appalachian State Normal School, later Appalachian State Teacher's College, and still later Appalachian State University.
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Mountain City - Main Street510 viewsView to the South on Main Street in Mountain City. Click here for the Mountain City Website. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 18, 2007.
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Independence - Guynn Shopping Center510 viewsPhoto May 30, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Rocky Hollow - Barn and Silo510 viewsOnce common, many are in disrepair. Note the tree growing out of the silo. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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Abingdon - Holston River510 viewsThis postcard dating from the 1940s shows the Holston River near Abingdon. The river was absolutely critical in the settlement patterns of Washington County. You might be interested in The 1782 Washington County, Virginia Tax List
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100_1429.jpg509 viewsPhoto April 2, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1561.jpg509 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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techgym1925.jpg509 viewsThis is a 1925 postcard.
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rhodendron1.jpg508 viewsThis photo was taken on Tumbling Creek near Saltville, VA summer 2003. Photo by Jeff Weaver
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