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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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astc1936.jpg883 viewsYhis 1936 postcard shows the campus as it was then. This school is now Appalachian State University.
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smeithportsign.jpg882 views
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outhouse.jpg878 viewsAn outhouse located on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 1978.
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100_1787.jpg877 viewsThis photo shows the offices and shop for Ashe County Cheese, North Carolina's only cheese factory. It was established on Helton Creek about 1915, and then bought by Kraft Foods in 1929 and moved to West Jefferson. When Kraft proposed to close it, the local employees bought it and continue to operate it. Photo by Jeff Weaver, October 20, 2006.
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ccdavismon.jpg875 viewsThis is a photo of the memorial stone of Elder Calvin C. Davis. Courtesy of Jcamel232002
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chillair.jpg870 viewsPhoto by Lee Hash in the late 1990s.
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pics 156.jpg870 viewsThis mural celebrates the Norfolk and Western Train, better known as the Virginia Creeper, which ran from Abingdon, VA to West Jefferson, NC from 1915 until 1977. Photo July 1, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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perkinsplantation.jpg868 viewsThis is the plantation of Johnson Perkins on Helton. This house is of Victorian era construction. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 1, 1978,
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100_1776.jpg868 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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landmark.jpg867 viewsThis church was organized as a "Missionary" Baptist Church in 1856. This photo appears to be of late 19th or very early 20th century vintage.
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boonepresby.jpg867 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.
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Piney Grove Cemetery865 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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