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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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leesmcrae1910.jpg270 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard. Lees McRae Institute was the precursor to Lees McRae College.
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Rosedale - Lebanon United Methodist Church270 viewsPhoto January 12, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Note there is another Lebanon United Methodist Church in Washington County, VA. A photo of that church building is also online in this collection.
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Butler - U.S. Post Office270 viewsPhoto May 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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Damascus - VFW Hall270 viewsDamascus has had an active Veterans of Foreign Wars post since the close of World War I. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 20, 2007.
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coneestate.jpg269 viewsFrom a 1930-45 era postcard.
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horninthewest.jpg269 viewsSite of the out-door drama, Horn in the West. From a 1960s postcard.
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100_1608.jpg269 viewsPhoto April 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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PICT0386.JPG269 viewsPhoto taken May 12, 2006 at the Holston Conference Cemetery in Emory, VA by Jeff Weaver.
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PICT0392.JPG269 viewsLocated in the Holston Conference Cemetery, Emory, Virginia. Photo May 12, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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arlingtonmembridge269 viewsThis is from a circa 1898 sterio card.
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boonegolfcourse.jpg269 viewsThis 1960s photo shows the Boone Golf Course. Golf has not really caught on with native Appalachian people, but the tourists like it.
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pics 233.jpg269 viewsPhoto October 8, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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