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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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pics 298.jpg657 viewsThis is a general view of the cemetery, which was established about 1915, when Nathan Phipps was buried here. Photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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wataugacourthouse.jpg656 viewsThis structure is now gone, this photo from the late 1930s.
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Picture 097.jpg655 viewsPhoto April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 120~0.jpg655 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Fleewood - Sarah Halsey Howell's gravemarker653 viewsThis photo is of Sarah Halsey Howell's grave in Fleetwood, NC. She was wife of William Howell and daughter of William Halsey and Rachel Cobb.
Courtesy f Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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pilotmtn.jpg652 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard. An 1859 bookFisher's River Scenes and Characters contains much local humor.
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Aho - Julian Price Park Dam652 viewsFrom the collection of the Library of Congress.
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Blowing Rock - Rock House652 viewsThis 1912 postcard image sows the Rock House on Yonolosee Road near Blowing Rock.
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The North Fork of the New River near Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, North Carolina: 652 viewsView is looking to the southwest from the east bank of the river
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pics 031.jpg650 viewsThis September 10, 2006 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (African-American).
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Cumberland Knob - View of Stone Mountain650 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 20, 2007.
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Lenoir First Baptist Church650 views
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