Most viewed - Wilkes County, NC
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OldDoubleCreekSchoolHouse.jpg4072 viewsThis building now serves as a community center. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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Mulberry - Mount Lawn Memorial Park2180 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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wilkessurvey.jpg1425 viewsPhoto from the late 19th century.
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Wilkes Co jail1253 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 Tail1218 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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Brinegar Cabin1123 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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Holloway Cemetery1120 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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moravianfalls.jpg1091 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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smootandsonstannery.jpg1069 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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wilkes2.jpg1052 viewsNight-Time Scene, Yadkin River Bridge, North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina. This postcard view is from 1930-45.
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cascade1.jpg1045 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 Station1032 viewsThis 1950s postcard show a rather typical service station for Appalachia at the time.
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