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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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grayston1942.jpg389 viewsThis 1942 postcard shows some of the guests on the lawn.
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graystoneinn.jpg376 viewsThis resort is located on the top of the Blue Ridge in eastern Alleghany County. This view is from 1930-45.
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lakelouise.jpg350 viewsThis is a 1930s postcard showing Lake Louise at Roaring Gap, NC.
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Laurel Glen Regular Baptist Church403 viewsLaurel Glen Regular Baptist church, Alleghany County, NC.
My parents,(Caudill/Medley)my maternal grandparents(Medley/Carpenter); Evans, Higgins, Baugess are some of the people buried here. Across the road to the left of the church is a cemetery for black families who also used the church on alternate Sundays. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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Glade Valley - Little Glade Mill Pond336 views1950s image from the Library of Congress.
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Roaring Gap - Marion Motel374 viewsThis is from a 1950s postcard.
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Glade Valley - Marion's Homestead Restaurant352 viewsFrom a 1960s postcard.
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Laurel Springs - Myers Motor Court374 viewsThis postcard of a motel is from the 1950s.
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myersmoteltexaco.jpg386 viewsThis post card is from the 1960s.
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oldhigginscem.jpg489 viewsDo you know anything about the shape of cemetery stones as to when they were used if you can't read them? I found an old Higgins Cemetery on Crab Creek Road, Alleghany Co NC and some of the old stones had odd shapes. Some looked like a petrified slab of wood while others had shapes I had not seen before.
Courtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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Laurel Springs - Parkway Motor Court356 viewsThis is from a 1950s or early 1960s postcard.
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PDR_3001.jpg424 viewsOddly shaped grave marker, old Higgins Cemetery. Courtesy of Carol Lindamood circuitrider@tcia.net
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