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 Carolina Marble782 viewsUnsure of the date of this piece of ephemera, but probably 1910s.
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 Capt. Samuel Jackson781 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 wilkescampyard.jpg779 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the camp ground for wagons travelling through Wilkesboro.
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 Baptist Church Wilkes NC773 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.jpg736 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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 wilkesborobeye1913.jpg732 viewsThis view of Wilkesboro is shown in a postally used card from 1913.
PineyGrove2.jpg
 PineyGrove2.jpg730 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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 wilkesbuscenter.jpg727 viewsThis 1938 postcard shows the downtown area of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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 smootandsonstannery.jpg721 viewsFrom a 1900-1910 postcard.
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 Johnson Cemetery off Grizzle Tail715 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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 North Wilkesboro - North Wilkesboro United Methodist Church715 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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 wilkesboromain1924.jpg713 viewsMain Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924
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