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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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Main Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924264 views
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General James Wolfe264 viewsPortrait of General James Wolfe (1727-1759) Killed in the French and Indian War
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Picture 060.jpg263 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 063.jpg263 viewsThis photo shows the detail of the Backbone Rock. Photo April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 038.jpg263 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 039.jpg263 viewsPhoto September 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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orangech.jpg263 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.
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jctnight.jpg263 viewsThis postcard shows King's Department Store on the left and Montgomery Wards on the right. It dates from the 1940s.
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stmathewslutheran.jpg263 viewsThis is a mid-1950s postcard.
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A. A.V. K. Fisher263 views
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ChurchChristAlexandriaVirginia1778262 viewsThis photo is courtesy of Jack Hockett.
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whitmanja.jpg262 viewsBorn in Cripple Creek Valley April 29, 1869, son of Andrew Clay Whitman, grandson of David Whitman. J. A. Whitman was the publisher of the Southwest Virginia Enterprise, a newspaper.
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