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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 - Virginia Counties
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Fries - Blair's Ferry Homes656 viewsHomes at (historic) Blair's Ferry section of Town of Fries, Providence Dist., Grayson. These homes predate the Town of Fries. Photo by Shawn Dunford. Courtesy of David Arnold
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mowmill.jpg655 viewsThis 1910 photo shows the grist mill on Wilson Creek near its mouth.
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porterdryiceplant.jpg654 viewsThis is a 1937-40 image of the one of the industrial facilities operated by Mathieson Alkali Works in Saltville. Photo by John Porter, courtesy of Doug Ogle.
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Mouth of Wilson - Potato Creek Methodist Church Cemetery653 viewsCourtesy of Misty Martin
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Comers Rock Baptist Cem.jpg652 views
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Groseclose - Settler's Musuem of Southwest Virginia652 viewsPhoto July 13, 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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View of Mount Rogers from Route 600 at the Grayson - Smyth County Line, March 6, 2003651 views
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peaktazewell.jpg650 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard.
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100_1265.jpg650 viewsThis is a photo of sunset over Clinch Mountain taken from Skull's Gap, between Konnarock and Chilhowie, VA. Taken 6:25 p.m., March 12, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 118.jpg650 viewsFor a history of the Konnarock Training School, see Jean Shepherd Hamm's Ph.D. Dissertatio. Photo April 30, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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sherrychristianchurch.jpg650 viewsThis church was built in 1903. This photo from about 1965.
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narrowspostoffice.jpg650 viewsThis is from a 1930 era postcard.
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