Most viewed - Wilkes County, NC
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OldDoubleCreekSchoolHouse.jpg4097 viewsThis building now serves as a community center. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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Mulberry - Mount Lawn Memorial Park2206 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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wilkessurvey.jpg1450 viewsPhoto from the late 19th century.
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Wilkes Co jail1289 viewsWilkes Co jail. "C. M. Elledge, Jailer, Wilkesboro, NC". Josh Pruitt (1871-1950) is in the back, just right of the man in front wearing the hat. Court records show that Josh was in jail in 1921 and 1922 for making moonshine. Courtesy of Jason Duncan
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Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail1240 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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Holloway Cemetery1158 viewsThe Holloway Cemetery, located deep in the woods on Wiles Ridge, near Traphill. Picture taken in 2000. Courtesy of Jason Duncan jmduncan@statesville.net.
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Brinegar Cabin1157 viewsThe Brinegar Cabin, built in 1884 by Martin Brinegar, is very near Doughton State Park in Alleghany County, North Carolina, however, this cabin is on the side of the Blue Ridge precipice in Wilkes County, NC. This photo is from 1959. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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moravianfalls.jpg1115 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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smootandsonstannery.jpg1095 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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wilkes2.jpg1086 viewsNight-Time Scene, Yadkin River Bridge, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. This postcard view is from 1930-45.
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cascade1.jpg1080 viewsThe Cascades, located just inside Wilkes County's western border. Photo by Jeff Weaver, 1990. Some of you might like to read the Elisha Mitchell's Diary of a Geological Tour of Ashe, Wilkes and Surry County, North Carolina
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Dick's Service Station1056 viewsThis 1950s postcard show a rather typical service station for Appalachia at the time.
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