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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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Lenoir First Baptist Church306 views
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taterhillnite1940.jpg305 viewsThis is from a circa 1940 postcard.
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate304 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.
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blowingrockca1900.jpg302 viewsThis real photograph postcard dates from about 1900.
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Lumber Flume near Wilkesboro, North Carolina, ca. 1915302 views
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Weaver - The William Weaver, Sr. grave marker. 302 viewsNOTE: William Weaver, Sr. did not serve in the Continental Line during the Revolution; the error was made by the Veteran's Administration in preparing the marker. Robert Bower Weaver submitted the application based on
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tweetsie.jpg300 viewsTheme park near Blowing Rock using the old East Tennessee and Western North Carolina railroad equipment. The ET&WNC is locally known as the "Eat Taters and Wear No Clothes Railroad"
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Boone - Bird's Eye View300 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
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100_1255.jpg299 viewsAppalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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noseendrock.jpg298 viewsFrom a 1940s era linen postcard.
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Boone - Rotherwood Baptist Church298 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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appstjpg.jpg297 viewsFrom a mid-20th century postcard.
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