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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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nrbc.jpg773 viewsThis photo was made in the early 1970s of the New River Baptist Church at Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, NC.
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schkidsgrassycrk.jpg773 viewsMy grandmother Rosa May Reeves is in this picture. She was born in 1900, so I figure this picture to be taken around 1908. This school is in Grassy Creek. Courtesy of Bill Payne.
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Bank of North Wilkesboro and Hotel Wilkes773 viewsThis circa 1935 postcard shows the bank and Hotel Wilkes.
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brpresby.jpg773 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.
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100_1786.jpg772 viewsThis is another of the murals in West Jefferson, this one celebrating the dairy industry of Ashe. This murual is appropriately enough on the side of the Ashe County Cheese plant, formerly Kraft Cheese. Photo October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1290.jpg771 viewsSign at St. John the Baptist. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 18, 2006.
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Cumberland Knob - Picnic Area771 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver on May 20, 2007.
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eyehospmtairy.jpg770 viewsThis is from an early 1930s postcard.
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Sparta - Dr. Grabow Pipe Factory Watertower770 viewsThe Dr. Grabow Pipe factory has moved across the road from this old facility. Photo March 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wilkesboroscene.jpg769 viewsThis post card is from the linen era (1930-45)
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West Jefferson - Mount Jefferson Church of the Nazarene768 viewsPhoto June 6, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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smethportextactco.jpg767 viewsThis very poor quality image is of the Smethport Extract Company made about 1918. The Smethport Extract company, a Pennsylvania firm, located in Ashe County, NC and made products from tan bark.
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