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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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astc1940s.jpg506 viewsThis is a 1940s linen postcard view.
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Blowing Rock - Mayview Manor506 viewsThis is a real-photo postcard of Mayview Manor from 1910.
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pics 170.jpg505 viewsFounded in 1891, this photo was taken September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Boone - Bird's Eye View505 viewsThis is a hand water-colored postcard showing Boone and Howards Knob, executed about 1910.
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pics 164.jpg502 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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100_1774.jpg502 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Lucinda Mullins Busic501 viewsPhoto September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This marker is located in the Piney Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery.
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danielbooneinn.jpg499 viewsPhoto April 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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Twin Oaks -Shiloh United Methodist Church499 viewsShiloh Methodist Church was established in 1838. The first building served as the Alleghany County Court House during the Civil War and until 1868. Photo June 27, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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boonemountainmotel.jpg498 viewsThis 1950s postcard depicts the Mountain Motel in Boone. This type of motel was popular in the 1950s and 1960s as more and more families began to travel around the country.
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Weaver - The William Weaver, Sr. grave marker. 498 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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mabelmethodist.jpg497 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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