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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.


Last additions - North Carolina Counties
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pics 164.jpg326 viewsThis marker is in Piney Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, photo September 27, 2006 by Jeff Weaver. He was the son of Hogn Vysucj abd Susannah Barton, and a native of Grayson County, Va. He was first married to Ada Ann Halsey and secondly to Lucinda Mullins. He served as a croporal in the Stuart Horse Artillery in the American Civil War. He also served as a deacon at the Piney Creek Primitive Baptist ChurchSep 28, 2006
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holycross.jpg247 viewsThis is from a 1932 postcard.Sep 26, 2006
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vallecrucisschool.jpg315 viewsThis is the Episcopal Church Mission School at Valle Crucis circa 1910.Sep 26, 2006
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loomhouse.jpg311 viewsTaken from a circa 1910 postcard.Sep 26, 2006
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ashech~0.jpg516 viewsThis view of the 1904 Ashe County Court House is from a 1930s postcard.Sep 25, 2006
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wilkesborogradedschool.jpg479 viewsThis ca. 1915 postcard shows the graded school at Wilkesboro, North Carolina.Sep 25, 2006
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boonegolfcourse.jpg245 viewsThis 1960s photo shows the Boone Golf Course. Golf has not really caught on with native Appalachian people, but the tourists like it.Sep 25, 2006
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boonemountainmotel.jpg228 viewsThis 1950s postcard depicts the Mountain Motel in Boone. This type of motel was popular in the 1950s and 1960s as more and more families began to travel around the country.Sep 25, 2006
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brhorseshow.jpg249 viewsThis is a postcard from the 1938 Blowing Rock Horse Show.Sep 25, 2006
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brpresby.jpg245 viewsThis is from a circa 1910 postcard.Sep 25, 2006
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pics 098.jpg260 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, Spring 2006.Sep 23, 2006
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pics 097.jpg284 viewsPhoto Spring 2006 by Jeff Weaver.Sep 23, 2006
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