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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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Todd - Todd Mercantile549 viewsThis picture is of the Todd Mercantile. To my understanding it was owned and operated by my great grandfather David Cyrus Howell and his partner Mr. Cox. This building is still standing and slightly altered. (just across from the Todd General Store. To the right is the Todd General Store owner's house. This picture is also from the about the 1910's.Courtesy of Paul Howelldocnpaul@bellsouth.netFeb 05, 2008
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Todd- general view619 viewsThis is another picture from the 1910's of Todd, NC. Todd Mercantile is in the center, Blackburn's Chapel to its the left, and the Todd General Store and General Store owner's house(the Cook House) to its right. The Dr. Blackburn house is in the top right of the picture. Courtesy of Paul Howellp docnpaul@bellsouth.netFeb 05, 2008
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Boone - Black Bear Trail245 viewsFrom a 1930s postcard. This is now US 321 from Boone to Blowing Rock.Dec 27, 2007
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Boone - Watauga Handcraft Center308 viewsFrom a 1960s browntone postcard.Dec 27, 2007
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Blowing Rock - Country Club247 viewsFrom a 1940s post card.Dec 27, 2007
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Blwong Rock - Lake on the Cone Estate262 viewsPostmarked August `1930, this postcard shows the lake on the Moses Cone Estate near Blowing Rock.Dec 27, 2007
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Blowing Rock - The Palace at Tweetsie259 viewsThis 1960s postcard shows the dance hall girls at Tweetsie's "The Palace." On a visit there in the early 1960s one of these girls planted a big old kiss on my Dad causing him no little amount of grief, although he had nothing to do with it.Dec 27, 2007
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Chestnut Hill - Hash Cabin656 viewsThis sketch by Bill Caldwell shows the cabin of John and Sarah Hahs at Chestnut Hill. The older portion was probably built by either Greenberry Phipps or Edward Weaver.Nov 11, 2007
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Deep Gap - The Old Homestead339 viewsFrom a 1969 postcard.Nov 10, 2007
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Chestnut Hill - Hash Cabin708 viewsThis image shows the cabin of John and Sarah Hash in the mid-20th century, as it was being dismantled. Photo by Espy Allen Deal. Courtesy of Tamara Deal Shepherdarmageddon@skybest.comNov 10, 2007
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Unknown - Feed Mixing720 viewsThis 1929 image shows two Ashe County, NC farmers, (names unknown) mixing feed for dairy cattle. Courtesy of the Archives of North Carolina State University.Oct 29, 2007
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Elkin - First United Methodist Church369 viewsThis view shows the First United Methodist Church of Elkin from the northeast. The image was created in 1960. From the collections of the Library of Congress.Oct 15, 2007
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