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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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Mount Mitchell - Camp Alice362 viewsLocated on the side of Mount Mitchell, this image is from a 1940s era postcard. The HikeWNC website has some additional information.
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Buncombe County - Craggy Gardens Tunnel199 viewsThis postcard shows the tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway at Craggy Gardens.
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Rutherford County - Chimney Rock182 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Unknown - "Scenic Highway Crossing the Western North Carolina Mountains.202 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Unknown - Blue Ridge Parkway at Night193 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Unknown - Mountain Lake at Night187 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Unknown - "A Mountaineer at His Family Home"283 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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Marion - Main Street209 viewsThis is a 1908 postcard view of main street in Marion, NC.
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Marion, McDowell County - McDowell County Court House197 viewsThis postcard fromt the 1920s shows the McDowell County, NC Court House.
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Unknown - Blue Ridge Parkway203 viewsThis postcard from western North Carolina shows flame azeala along the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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still.jpg429 viewsThis image is a postcard purporting to show moonshing in western North Carolina. The location of this still is not known, but may be typical of those used in Ashe County during prohibition.
 
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