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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.


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outhouse.jpg
outhouse.jpg817 viewsAn outhouse located on Helton Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, summer 1978.
landmark.jpg
landmark.jpg817 viewsThis church was organized as a "Missionary" Baptist Church in 1856. This photo appears to be of late 19th or very early 20th century vintage.
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horsecreekpbc~0.jpg814 viewsThis congregation was established in 1840. This structure dates from the late 19th century.
graybealandrew.jpg
graybealandrew.jpg814 viewsGrave marker for Andrew Graybeal (1808-1900)
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100_1592.jpg814 viewsPhoto April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, this image was taken near Weaver's Ford.
healingspringsschool.jpg
healingspringsschool.jpg813 viewsCourtey of Bette Nelson
greerw.jpg
greerw.jpg811 views1970s photo.
chillair.jpg
chillair.jpg810 viewsPhoto by Lee Hash in the late 1990s.
ashleychapelmeth.jpg
ashleychapelmeth.jpg810 viewsLocated near Lansing, Ashe County, NC. Organized about 1830, closed in 1985.
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100_1570.jpg810 viewsThis church is located on old Highway 16 near Grassy Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
zhcem.jpg
zhcem.jpg809 viewsLocated on Helton Creek, this photo was taken by Jeff Weaver in the late 1970s.
WWIpeacefloat.jpg
WWIpeacefloat.jpg809 viewsThis float won first place in a parade in Jefferson celebrating the end of "the war to end all wars." Charles Bradley Pennington is at the horse's head, his oldest daughters, Rose, Anna and Edith, are the little peace angels. The peace "goddess" is unidentified. Courtesy of Emily Kilby.

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