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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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Picture 121.jpg309 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Picture 122.jpg332 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pigs.jpg414 viewsA view of a typical hog pen in the area. Nearly every family kept hogs. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 1978
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plhomebc.jpg328 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pondmtnchurch.jpg519 viewsThis is a 1952 image of the church and some congregants on the porch.
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pondmtnpbc.jpg399 viewsPhoto taken October 1981 by Jeff Weaver. You might be interested in the minutes of this church. You can order a printed copy of the Minutes of Pond Mountain Church 1882-1933 here.
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powersstore.jpg417 viewsLocated in Sturgill's near the Primitive Baptist Church, this store was photographed in July 1978. At that time the store was used for storage. Photo by Jeff Weaver
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riverview.jpg434 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
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Jefferson - Ashe County Court House350 viewsCloseup of the new Ashe County, North Carolina Court House. Photo by Jeff Weaver, June 24, 2007.
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Fleewood - Sarah Halsey Howell's gravemarker443 viewsThis photo is of Sarah Halsey Howell's grave in Fleetwood, NC. She was wife of William Howell and daughter of William Halsey and Rachel Cobb.
Courtesy f Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.net
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schkidsgrassycrk.jpg552 viewsMy grandmother Rosa May Reeves is in this picture. She was born in 1900, so I figure this picture to be taken around 1908. This school is in Grassy Creek. Courtesy of Bill Payne.
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senterpbc.jpg390 viewsThis congregation was organized in 1829. This building dates from the 1920s.
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