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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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Abingdon - Martha Washington Inn378 viewsElegant, the Martha Washington Inn began life as Francis Preston's home. Click here to read more about it. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 23, 2007.
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate378 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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This is an example of the historical markers that used to dot the VA landscape. 378 views
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mabelbaptist.jpg377 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 060.jpg377 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 019.jpg377 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Tobacco fields were once common in North Carolina's Lost Provinces, however, they are not so much in evidence as they once were.
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PorterBros.jpg377 viewsDavid Reed Porter (1878-1925) and his brothers Charles (b. 1860), George (b. 1868), Andrew (b. 1870), and Floyd (b. 1873). All sons of David Hounshell Porter and Nancy Rosenbaum. Courtesy of Amy Bazar abazar2151@charter.net.

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oldoakenbucket.jpg377 viewsFrom a 1940s postcard.
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washcotnch.jpg377 viewsThis postcard view is from the 1950s.
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie377 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.
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emorydepot.jpg376 viewsThis image of the Emory Depot was probably made in the 1940s. Wonder how many college students passed through?
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