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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Comers Rock - Comers Rock Baptist Church535 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver March 21, 2008.

galaxfid.jpg534 viewsAn annual fiddler's convention has been held in Galax for many years. This is a poster advertising one of these events in the 1960s.

Fisher's Gap - General View534 viewsThis is a scene taken from a hill in the Fisher's Gap Road area south of Galax. This is from the presumtive site of the execution of a Tory in the American Revolution. Photo made April 7, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.

fairwoodlutheran.jpg534 viewsFrom a 1930s photograph.

july2006pic 041.jpg534 viewsThis photo was taken July 22, 2006. These vines were popular sources of food in the days when hogs were allowed to run wild in the forest in the early days of Appalachian settlement.

royaloak.jpg533 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard.

100_1819.jpg533 viewsPhoto November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. I know the little bird is hard to see, camoflague. The road is the National Forest Service road to Comer's Rock and Hale Lake.