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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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jassextonhomeview.jpg1064 viewsView from James Sexton's Home (Heather Sexton Photo)
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Dick's Service Station1062 viewsThis 1950s postcard show a rather typical service station for Appalachia at the time.
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West Jefferson - Greetings Postcard1061 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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South Fork Regular Baptist Church, Piney Creek1059 viewsThis congregation was organized in 1840. The church divided in the 1860s over the Civil War, with the other faction styling itself Primitive Baptist. The Primitive Baptist faction had a meeting house on the Ashe County side of the South Fork. This congregation closed about 1960, and that meeting house has gone to ruin. This meeting house photo was taken April 16, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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appletree.jpg1058 viewsSpring 2004, by Jeff Weaver
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zhcem.jpg1057 viewsLocated on Helton Creek, this photo was taken by Jeff Weaver in the late 1970s.
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heather1~0.jpg1057 viewsSign at the NC/TN State line at Trade. Courtesy of Heather Sexton
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oxcartwilkes.jpg1056 viewsFrom a 1914 postcard.
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Hackett's Mill1054 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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Cherry Lane - Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church1053 viewsPhoto March 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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toryoak.jpg1047 viewsThis post card from the early 20th century shows the famous or infamous Tory Oak in Wilkesboro. This is where Colonel Benjamin Cleveland hung many who disagreed with his political views.
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cardparty.jpg1045 viewsThese are Helton area young folks enjoying a card party some time around 1915. They are identified on the back of the photo as (l-r) Lettie Wagoner, Nona Kirby, Russ Kirby holding Ruth Jones, Raymond Weaver, Robert Weaver, Carl Pennington, and Avery Elliot. Carl Pennington, my great-uncle, died in training at Fort Jackson in 1918. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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