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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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Hog_Killing_pic.jpg1142 viewsOnce upon a time, hog killing was an annual ritual for each family. This photo shows such a scene. Courtesy of Lonnie Jones. lonnie0809@skybest.com.
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healingsprings.jpg1137 viewsThis post card dates from the 1930s. This structure burned in the early 1960s.
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Holloway Cemetery1129 viewsThe Holloway Cemetery, located deep in the woods on Wiles Ridge, near Traphill. Picture taken in 2000. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net.
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Brinegar Cabin1127 viewsThe Brinegar Cabin, built in 1884 by Martin Brinegar, is very near Doughton State Park in Alleghany County, North Carolina, however, this cabin is on the side of the Blue Ridge precipice in Wilkes County, NC. This photo is from 1959. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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HeltonSchool(ca1915-20).jpg1126 viewsMy great-grandfather Wade Jones Sr. is one of the teachers in this photo. He is on left with little black bowtie near edge of window. I don;t know when the picture was taken but from looking at him I would suggest 1915-20, maybe up to 1925. I don;t know any of the others. Courtesy of Danny Miller millerd@fuse.net
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Blowing Rock - Leaning Rock1126 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Grassy Creek - Helton Knob1114 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 20, 2003.
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100_1399.jpg1113 viewsPhoto March 31, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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moravianfalls.jpg1097 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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Glendale Springs - Holy Trinity Episcopal Church1093 viewsThis is the famous fresco, "The Last Supper" by Ben Long in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at Glendale Springs. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 2007.
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blueridgeparkwaystonecutters.jpg1089 viewsThis 1938 photo from the National Park Service Historic Photographic Collection shows stone cutters laying gutters along side the Blue Ridge Parkway then under construction.
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