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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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pics 015.jpg326 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Robert Doughton was congressman from Northwestern North Carolina for many years in the early-mid-20th century.
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pics 018.jpg406 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 019.jpg299 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. Tobacco fields were once common in North Carolina's Lost Provinces, however, they are not so much in evidence as they once were.
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pics 020~0.jpg307 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 021.jpg288 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 022.jpg340 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, September 10, 2006.
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pics 023.jpg306 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. This view shows the mountains over in Ashe County from the Cranberry Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
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pics 028.jpg320 viewsPhoto September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 029.jpg310 viewsThis is the grave marker for Nancy Maxwell (1845-1920), which has unfortunately been broken. Photo September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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pics 031.jpg310 viewsThis September 10, 2006 photo by Jeff Weaver shows the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (African-American).
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Cumberland Knob - Picnic Area313 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver on May 20, 2007.
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Cumberland Knob - Fox Hunter's Paradise328 viewsOn the Blue Ridge Parkway. Photo by Jeff Weaver, May 20, 2007.
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