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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.


Most viewed - North Carolina Counties
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Picture 115~0.jpg326 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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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 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 Church
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wildcatrock.jpg326 viewsThis photo taken in 1953 shows the view from Wild Cat Rock. Courtesy of the National Park Service Historic Photograhic Collection.
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Twin Oaks - Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery326 viewsThis is a large, well tended cemetery. The grave spacing is generous. Photo by Jeff Weaver, Jun 26, 2007.
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Picture 105~0.jpg324 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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Doughton Park - Bluff's Coffee Shop324 viewsFrom a 1950s postcard.
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Blowing Rock - Camp Yonolosse323 viewsThis circa 1915 real photo postcard shows a group of early tourists riding horseback at Camp Yonolosse, near Blowing Rock.
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Dam Across Buffalo Creek near Patterson School, Caldwell County, North Carolina323 views
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Picture 108.jpg322 viewsPhoto May 3, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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mtairymain1910.jpg321 viewsThis is a 1910 view of Main Street in Mount Airy, NC looking south.
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pilotmtn2.jpg320 viewsThis is a view of Pilot Mountain in the distance. Made in the 1950s.
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