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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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asuadmin1950s.jpg625 viewsThis postcard is from the late 1940s/early 1950s.
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church624 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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Creston Methodist Church624 viewsPhoto April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 214.jpg623 viewsThis photo was taken on October 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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ncgranite.jpg620 viewsThis ca. 1900-1910 postcard shows some of the quarry work going on around Mount Airy at that time.
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stmarysepis.jpg617 viewsThis is the church of the Frescos, just south of West Jefferson on old highway 221. This photo is from the 1970s.
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asuair.jpg616 viewsThis aerial view of the campus was taken ca. 1970
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SullivanCemeteryMonument.jpg616 viewsCourtesy of Chrissie Peters.
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pics 096.jpg616 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Spring 2006.
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devilsgarden.jpg616 viewsThis is from a 1950/1960 postcard.
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woolenmill.jpg615 viewsThis is a view of the Littlewood Woolen Mill Building on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 1978.
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CrabCreekPBC.jpg615 viewsCourtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net.
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