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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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100_1594.jpg895 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.jpg894 viewsPhoto March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1573.jpg894 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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Capt. Samuel Johnson892 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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100_1580.jpg892 viewsOK, its not much of a falls, more like rapids, but it is called the Falls of the North Fork. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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100_1396.jpg891 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 31, 2006.
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hashcabin1.jpg889 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Summer 2003.
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wj1916.jpg888 viewsThis photograph was made in 1916.
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342.jpg885 viewsThis is Albert Neaves poling a flat bottom boat on the North Fork of New River about 1946.
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Mulberry - Cross Roads Primitive Baptist Church879 viewsThis church was established in 1850. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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heltonss.jpg878 viewsThis is a Sunday school photo, probably taken around 1915 if the woman sitting top center with her arm draped over the shoulder of a big-eared son is, indeed, Ada Littlewood Francis (oldest son had stick-out ears). The picture was taken on the front steps of Herbert and Hannah Littlewood's home on Helton Creek. Courtesy of Emily Kilby.
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wilkeswest.jpg875 viewsThis postcard shows a general veiw to the west from Wilkesboro.
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