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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_1865.jpg531 viewsThis photo by Jeff Weaver, November 10, 2006.
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100_1911.jpg531 viewsThis photo is of the FAA communication facility at the summit of Whitetop Mountain. Photo by Jeff Weaver, December 6, 2006.
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Bridle Creek - New River531 viewsThis photo shows ice in New River in February 2007. Photo by Jeff Weaver.
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Tumbling Cove - Clinch Mountain Wildlife Management Area531 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 30, 2007
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Elk Creek - View of Point Lookout Mountain530 viewsPoint Lookout Mt. view from Elk Creek, Grayson. Photo by David Arnold [email]david-arnold2comcast.net[/email]
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Picture 028.jpg529 viewsPhoto April 29, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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washmills1914.jpg529 viewsThis is from a 1914 postcard.
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100_1821.jpg529 viewsThis photo taken November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1831.jpg529 viewsPhoto November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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100_1856.jpg529 viewsThis photo was taken November 4, 2006 by Jeff Weaver at the Democratic Party rally in the Marion Town Hall. Senate candiate Jim Webb is making his speech.
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Green Cove - Creek Junction Trestle529 viewsMYRL DUNHAM / CREEK JUNCTION TRESTLE / CREEPER TRAIL BETWEEN GREEN COVE AND TAYLOR'S VALLEY, VA. Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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Sketch529 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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