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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.


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eleanoratwhitetop.jpg488 viewsThis photo from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library was taken on August 12, 1933, shows Eleanor Roosevelt at the Whitetop Folk Music Festival.
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elkcreek.jpg560 viewsThis photograph was made in Elk Creek by Thom Houck in the mid-1990s.
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Comers Rock - Elk Creek Community Center452 viewsFormerly the Machine shop for the Elk Creek High School, photo by Jeff Weaver March 21, 2008.
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Comers Rock - Baker Falls on Elk Creek454 viewsThis photo was shot from the road on March 21, 2008 by Jeff Weaver.
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Comers Rock - Falls of Elk Creek405 viewsOn Falls Road near Comer's Rock this is the upper falls of the North Fork of Elk Creek. Photo by Jeff Weaver, March 25, 2008.
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Comers Rock - Farmstead438 viewsThis March 21, 2008 photo by Jeff Weaver shows a rather typical farmstead for central Appalachia, a house, barn and other out buildings, and a few cattle. This farm is well maintained.
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Carsonville - Victorian Home439 viewsPhoto by David Arnold
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elksch.jpg539 viewsThis late 1934 photograph shows the Elk Creek Academy in Grayson County, VA.
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Eureka School435 viewsThis photo is of the "Eureka School", Providence Community, Grayson Co. VA. The school was also known by other names during it's useful life.-- Courtesy of David Arnold
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fairwoodlogs.jpg731 viewsThis is Isaac Quincy Weaver (1893-1961; son of Clayborn Monroe Weaver and Martha Litisha Phipps) working at U.S. Spruce Lumber Company at Fairwood in the early 1920s.
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fairwoodlutheran.jpg393 viewsFrom a 1930s photograph.
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fairwoodlutheran~0.jpg374 viewsFairwood Lutheran Church is shown in the distance in this 1950s postcard.
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