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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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Helton Jitney862 viewsThis one was in my aunt Lola Kilby Sewell's photo album. She moved to Harford County, MD, with her family (Roby and Eva Kilby family) in 1915 but returned to the mountains in the early 1920s to get her teaching degree from Boone. This photo caught my eye because this apparently was a mode of public transportation, presumably from Helton to Boone. I don't know that there was a "bus" from Harford County to Helton at that point. Later there was bus service from Bel Air to Sparta, I believe. She must have taken the train from Harford County to Boone. If you have any knowledge of this jitney, I'd like to know the facts. That's could be Aunt Lola on the left but I'm not positive. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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100_1575.jpg848 viewsIn this view, the right hand fork is the North Fork of New River, and the left hand fork is the South Fork of New River. The foreground is in Ashe County, the bluff on the opposite side of the river is in Alleghany County, NC. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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100_1404.jpg845 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver March 31, 2006.
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Grassy Creek - David Blevins Cemetery842 viewsThis photo dates from the 1940s.
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100_1573.jpg836 viewsThis image was made a few yards south of the forks of the New River on the North Fork. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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4879.jpg829 viewsMArkers for Martha Jane and Defina Davis in the Jont Mountain Davis Cemetery, Ashe County, NC. Courtesy of jcamel 232002
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100_1400.jpg827 viewsYou may see what this congregation is about at their website. Photo March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1569.jpg827 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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oxcartwilkes.jpg827 viewsFrom a 1914 postcard.
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100_1594.jpg825 viewsThis church occupies the same location was the Presbyterian Church which was reported here in 1773. A Primitive Baptist Church also occupied this spot from the early 1800s until about 1900, when this building was constructed. Photo April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1399.jpg819 viewsPhoto March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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lansinggirls1944.jpg816 viewsCourtesy of J. B. Sergeant
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