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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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chilhowiestation.jpg929 viewsFrom a photo ca. 1930.
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Max Meadows - Chiswell Mansion929 viewsThis is from a 1960s or 1970s postcard.
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july2006pic 029.jpg928 viewsThis photo was taken July 22, 2006. It shows the second half of the names of those believed to be buried in this cemetery. Double Click on the image to enlarge to read the names.
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pic 075.jpg928 viewsPhoto May 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Radford - New River Bridge928 viewsThis is a circa 1905 postcard showing the town of Radford, from the southside of the river.
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Galax - Harris Hotel928 viewsGranny Harris, Onnie Allred, Nettie [Allred] Marshall and Lee, Grace Harris, Mrs. Saunders Moore, E.M. Davis, John B and Jake

Also, written there is this note: "Harris Hotel, Galax Virginia--1917"

Also this note: "Building in background Luke Biships Livery Stable."

This should be Lute Bishop I believe.

The photo is not the best quality. Still, I thought it might be of interest to you. Nettie was the daughter of Thomas C. Allred and Julina Frost. Thomas was the son of Suttle, also written Settle, Allred whose wife was Eliza Belton. Suttle was the son of Jesse Allred of Randolph County, NC whose wife was Alcey York.

Julina Frost was the daughter of Stephen F. Frost a Civil war veteran from Carroll. I have a short note about him below. Stephen descends from the Revolutionary War soldier John Frost who is buried in the Frost cemetery in Carroll. I have a photograph of Stephen F. Frost, but it needs to be restored.

Courtesy of Mike Marshall Summerfield, NC mmarshall13@triad.rr.com

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Wytheville - Main Street at Night927 viewsThis is from a early 1940s postcard.
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haymarion2.jpg925 viewsPhoto was taken in 1940. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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000_0018.jpg925 viewsThis pair of steam engines sit beside U.S. 11 in downtown Chilhowie, VA. Photo by Jeff Weaver, February 2006.
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0SSIE ROBERTS AND ED DELP AND L.W.FRYE925 viewsSOME GOOD...VERY GOOD... LOCAL PERFORMERS AT A HOBART SMITH MUSIC FESTIVAL AT R. B. WORTHY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 70s.

L-R-OSSIE ROBERTS, ED DELP, AND L. W. FRYE.

CHARLES SLATE PHOTO, Courtesy of Don Smith dsmith1043@comcast.net
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100_1818.jpg925 viewsThis photo was taken November 1, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This church was established in 1872.
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Marion - Hungry Mother Lake Beach925 viewsFrom a late 1940s postcard.
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