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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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100_1257.jpg259 viewsI lived in this dormatory when I was a freshman at ASU (Jeff Weaver). Bowie Dormatory, Appalachian State University Campus, March 12, 2006.
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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.
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Blowing Rock - View of Village258 viewsThis view of the village of Blowing Rock was taken from the Moses Cone Estate in 1930.
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Weaver - The William Weaver, Sr. grave marker. 257 viewsNOTE: William Weaver, Sr. did not serve in the Continental Line during the Revolution; the error was made by the Veteran's Administration in preparing the marker. Robert Bower Weaver submitted the application based on
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Panoramic View of Lenoir at Night257 views
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sunshineinn.jpg256 viewsThis is a 1910-20 era postcard.
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chairlift7devils.jpg255 viewsThis image is from the 1970s.
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boone1906.jpg254 viewsThis is from a 1906 postcard.
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sunsetbrhiway.jpg254 viewsThis 1930s era postcard shows sunset on the Blowing Rock Highway.
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Blowing Rock - Blowing Rock254 viewsThis postcard with a copyright date of 1909 shows an early horseless carriage attempting to climb Blowing Rock.
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stringfellowepiscopal.jpg253 viewsFrom a 1915-30 era postcard.
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Lenoir First Baptist Church253 views
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