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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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richlands~0.jpg363 viewsThis is a 1930-45 view of the scenery near Richlands, Va.
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Picture 034.jpg363 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 152.jpg363 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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july2006pic 030.jpg363 viewsThis is Margaret Cox's gravestone.
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whitetopsouth.jpg363 viewsThis 1950s postcard shows the view to the South from the summit of Whitetop mountain.
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Elk Garden - Icy Trees363 viewsThis photo was taken on Route 600 in Smyth County, VA Near the Grayson County, VA line on January 24, 2007 by Jeff Weaver. The ice is hanging on the trees here.
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Tazewell - Panoramic View363 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard.
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Sketch363 viewsDuring the first 90 years of Dickenson County's existence, the time period between 1880 and 1970, there evolved over one hundred identifiable communities, the nuclei of which consisted of any or all of the following: a one or two room school, a post office, a store, and a church. Sometimes the school served as a church or vice versa. The last rural post office in the county, Darwin, was discontinued in 1963. The last two rural schools, Dog Branch and Yates, closed in 1970. Very few country stores remain in
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100_1631.jpg362 viewsThis is the view of the Middle Fork of the Holston River from Old Ebenezer Road, south of Marion. Photo April 23, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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galaxmethodist.jpg362 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard.
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Major - Fox Creek362 viewsPhoto March 2007 by Jeff Weaver.
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Damascus- Straight Branch362 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 30, 2007
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