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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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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie503 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.
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pics 166.jpg501 viewsPetty died while serving in the 42nd Infantry Division on September 12, 1918, while serving in World War I. This gravemaker is located in the Piney Creek Methodist Church Cemetery and was photographed on September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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boonegolfcourse.jpg499 viewsThis 1960s photo shows the Boone Golf Course. Golf has not really caught on with native Appalachian people, but the tourists like it.
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Cumberland Knob - View into Surry County499 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver May 20, 2007.
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100_1295.jpg498 viewsPhoto March 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1255.jpg496 viewsAppalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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cranberrypbc.jpg492 viewsThis structure was taken down when a new brick building was constructed in 1962.
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adminappnormal.jpg492 viewsThis Administration Building was for the Appalachian State Normal School, later Appalachian State Teacher's College, and still later Appalachian State University.
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asudorms.jpg490 viewsSome of the dorms on campus. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 1979. The gateway to Appalachian State University's web presence begins here.
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pics 170.jpg490 viewsFounded in 1891, this photo was taken September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Blowing Rock - Mayview Manor490 viewsThis is a real-photo postcard of Mayview Manor from 1910.
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pics 164.jpg488 viewsThis marker is in Piney Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, photo September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. He was the son of Hogn Vysucj abd Susannah Barton, and a native of Grayson County, Va. He was first married to Ada Ann Halsey and secondly to Lucinda Mullins. He served as a croporal in the Stuart Horse Artillery in the American Civil War. He also served as a deacon at the Piney Creek Primitive Baptist Church
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