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 cascade2.jpg866 viewsThe Cascades are located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Wilkes County, near the Ashe County line. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1990.
wilkesch1911.jpg
 wilkesch1911.jpg858 viewsThis real-photo post card was mailed in 1911. You might be interested in Crouch's Historical Sketches of Wilkes County
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 Hotel Wilkes837 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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 wilkesborodepot~0.jpg834 viewsThis linen post card dates from the first third of the 20th century.
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 wilkesmeparsonage.jpg831 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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 wilkeshs1911.jpg818 viewsThis postcard was used in 1911.
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 Capt. Samuel Jackson813 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 wilkescampyard.jpg805 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the camp ground for wagons travelling through Wilkesboro.
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 Baptist Church Wilkes NC801 viewsFrom a 1930s era postcard. A related piece maybe found in the reprint of the Memorial of Rev. George McNeil which discusses the life of this Baptist pioneer of Wilkes County.
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 PineyGrove2.jpg787 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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 North Wilkesboro - North Wilkesboro United Methodist Church778 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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 wilkesboromain1924.jpg775 viewsMain Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924
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Email: graysoncountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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Independence, VA 24348

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107 East Main Street
Independence, VA 24348

About Us

The Grayson County Historical Society in Grayson County, Virginia, is established to promote, preserve, and educate the members and public about the cultural and family heritages of Grayson County, Virginia. We are a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

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The GCHS office is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, or by special appointment.

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