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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 - New River Valley People
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spencerwmchildren1940.jpg765 viewsl to r: Bud, Cicero, Emory, Jason, and Lula. These are the children of William and Alie Weaver Spencer who were alive in 1940.

Courtesy of Eleanor Jo Cox ejcox@naxs.com
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wmweaver1.jpg764 viewsWade Weaver (1895-1975) m. Martha "Mattie" Kathryn Baldwin. Courtesy of Irene Baldwin ibaldi@erols.com
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Sarah_Mae_Parks,_Henry_Levi_Parks_&_William_Kendrick_Parks.jpg764 viewsThis one is of my grandmother Anderson as a child, with her brother Henry Levi, who died as a teen in an accident where he fell from a tree, I believe. They're with their father, William Kendrick Parks.
Courtesy of Chrissie A. Peters.
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spencerblake3.jpg763 viewsThese are children of William Troy & Cynthia Alice Osborne Spencer. Courtesy of Bryan Spencer.
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kenthelen101981.jpg763 viewsThis photo was taken in October 1981 by Don Smith (dsmith1043@comcast.net) of Helen Kent at the 1981 Homecoming.
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Bolt, John Marion763 viewsJohn Marion Bolt (1865-1832) of Grayson County. Courtesy f Mary C. Blevins mcblevins@hotmail.com
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phippsevalee.jpg762 viewsMrs. Eva Lee Cox Phipps is shown here teaching English at Virginia Carolina in 1965. She and her husband, Joe X Phipps, lived at Mouth of Wilson.
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Senter, Rosamond Pugh762 viewsWife of Calvin Halbert Senter. Courtesy of Trula Fay Purkey.
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hicks7.jpg760 viewsCourtesy of Thom Houk.
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sherwoodanderson.jpg758 viewsFamous author who had a home at Troutdale from mid-1920s until his death in 1941. Photo from the Library of Congress.
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roberts4.jpg757 viewsCourtesy of Thom. Houk.
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Weaver, Virginia Oregon Sheets757 viewsDaughter of Calvin Sheets and Mary Kimball, widow of Gideon Vance Weaver. Courtesy of Lon Sheets
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