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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.


Most viewed - North Carolina Counties
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wilkeshosp.jpg606 viewsThis view is from circa. 1935.
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oldhigginscem.jpg606 viewsDo you know anything about the shape of cemetery stones as to when they were used if you can't read them? I found an old Higgins Cemetery on Crab Creek Road, Alleghany Co NC and some of the old stones had odd shapes. Some looked like a petrified slab of wood while others had shapes I had not seen before.
Courtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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pondmtnchurch.jpg606 viewsThis is a 1952 image of the church and some congregants on the porch.
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Jefferson - Friendship Baptist Church606 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 6, 2007
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Fleetwood - William Howell's gravemarker606 viewsCourtesy o Paul Howell docnpaul@bellsouth.net
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West Jefferson - Ashe County Motors604 viewsThis is the local Ford dealership. Click here for their website. Photo June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Jefferson - Bluff Mountain603 viewsPhoto taken from the parking lot of Ashe Memorial Hospital looking west on June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wmweaverstone.jpg602 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, early 1980s.
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vc2.jpg601 viewsThis school building was built in 1940, and burned in 1968. The school sat on the state line. The center hall way was the stateline.
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Buffalo - Old Store Building600 viewsPhoto taken on June 6, 2007. - Jeff Weaver
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West Jefferson - First Baptist Church598 viewsThis church was established in 1916, along with the town. Photo by Jeff Weaver June 4, 2007.
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june2006pic 031.jpg596 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 10, 2006.
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