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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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100_1917.jpg494 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, December 6, 2006.
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Holly Ridge - Pasture494 viewsThis photo July 18, 2007 by Jeff Weaver. It shows a well worn pasture. Note the slight terracing of the land. This is caused by cattle walking around the hill, which creates these topography patterns.
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Oldtown - Stoneman, Ernest V. Home494 viewsGrayson County home of Earnest V. "Pop" Stoneman and wife Hattie Frost/Stoneman of Country Music fame. Photo by Buford Wilson.
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Sketch494 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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whitetopbc.jpg493 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2003
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peaktazewell.jpg493 viewsThis is a 1909 postcard.
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100_1526.jpg493 viewsThis church is located in Cleghorn Valley. Photo April 14, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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pics 225.jpg493 viewsMaking music at the October 8, 2006 Whitetop Molasses festival. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1827.jpg493 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, November 1, 2006.
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Independence - 1908 Grayson County Court House493 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, June 8, 2007.
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North Tazewell - Clinch River Scene493 viewsFrom a 1930s era linen postcard.
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oldgoldhillbapt.jpg492 viewsThe congregation of Gold Hill Baptist Church has built a new meeting house, and use the old building next to the cemetery as a fellowship hall. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 2005.
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