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 Capt. Samuel Jackson619 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 Baptist Church Wilkes NC592 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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 cascade1.jpg585 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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 pics 010.jpg572 viewsThis photo was taken September 10, 2006 by Jeff Weaver at the Jumping Off Place just over the Wilkes County line from Glendale Springs. This view shows the Blue Ridge in the distance.
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 wilkesbuscenter.jpg570 viewsThis 1938 postcard shows the downtown area of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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 SamuelJohnsonMonumentonGrizzleTail.jpg567 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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 wilkesflume.jpg559 viewsThis postcard was made in the early 20th century.
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 ravinebridge.jpg556 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era post card of a bridge on the Boone Trail (Now US 321) between Wilkesboro and Boone.
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 PineyGrove2.jpg553 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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 Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail551 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 smootandsonstannery.jpg551 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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 Hotel Wilkes550 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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