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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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100_1308.jpg488 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 22, 2006.
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Rocky Hollow School488 viewsCourtesy of Dean Adams, Chilhowie, VA.
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100_1693.jpg488 viewsPhoto April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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100_1714.jpg488 viewsThis photo taken October 13, 2006 by Jeff Weaver, shows the Palmer Mill Theater. This facility is a recreation of the old Palmer Mill, but now hosts theatrical and musical events rather than grinding wheat and corn.
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Fox - Fox Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery488 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, May 30, 2007.
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damascus.jpg487 viewsThis is an early 20th century postcard.
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Whitetop - View to the South487 viewsThis photo was taken 5:40 p.m., March 25, 2007by Jeff Weaver
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Alvarado - Railroad Trestle487 viewsA RAILROAD FROM ABINGDON, VA. LINKING SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES WAS STARTED IN THE 1880s. BY 1918 IT RAN FROM ABINGDON TO ELKLAND, N. C. WHICH IS NOW CALLED TODD. DAMASCUS, TAYLOR'S VALLEY, GREEN COVE AND WHITE TOP WERE AMONG THE STOPS ON IT'S ROUTE. THERE WERE 100 TRESTLES AND BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE.

THE VIRGINIA CREEPER WAS STEAM POWERED AND HAULED FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS. THE STEAM ENGINE WAS REPLACED BY N&W IN 1956 WITH A DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. IT CONTINUED IN OPERATION UNTIL MARCH 31, 1977 WHEN THE LAST TRAIN RAN. THE ROADBED HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A VERY POPULAR HIKING-BIKING TRAIL. PICTURED IS THE TRESTLE AT THE HEADWATERS OF SOUTH HOLSTON LAKE WHERE THE MIDDLE AND SOUTH FORKS OFTHE HOLSTON RIVER MEET. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net

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mouthoffox.jpg486 viewsLocated between Mouth of Wilson and Bridle Creek in Grayson County, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver, spring 2003.
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100_1630.jpg486 viewsThis old mill is located on the Middle Fork of Holston River and Old Ebenezer Church Road, south of Marion. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 23, 2006.
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Picture 138.jpg486 viewsClick here for the Town of Marion's Website Photo May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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ABingdon - The Drifters486 viewsTHE DRIFTERS / ABINGDON, VA. / JULY 28, 2007. "Under the Boardwalk at Sunset." Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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