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 North Wilkesboro - North Wilkesboro United Methodist Church668 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, March 2007
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 wilkesboromain1924.jpg666 viewsMain Street Wilkesboro, North Carolina ca. 1924
OldDoubleCreekSchoolHouse.jpg
 OldDoubleCreekSchoolHouse.jpg664 viewsThis building now serves as a community center. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg
 PineyGroveCemetery2.jpg664 viewscourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
wilkeshs1911.jpg
 wilkeshs1911.jpg659 viewsThis postcard was used in 1911.
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 Bank of N, Wilkes656 viewsThis linen era postcard is from the 1930-45 period.
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 Bank of North Wilkesboro and Hotel Wilkes651 viewsThis circa 1935 postcard shows the bank and Hotel Wilkes.
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 wilkesborodepot~0.jpg650 viewsThis linen post card dates from the first third of the 20th century.
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 cascade2.jpg648 viewsThe Cascades are located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Wilkes County, near the Ashe County line. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1990.
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 ravinebridge.jpg645 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era post card of a bridge on the Boone Trail (Now US 321) between Wilkesboro and Boone.
wilkesborogradedschool.jpg
 wilkesborogradedschool.jpg642 viewsThis ca. 1915 postcard shows the graded school at Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
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 Hotel Wilkes640 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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The Grayson County Virginia Heritage Foundation 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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