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 Blowing Rock - Camp Yonolosse491 viewsThis circa 1915 real photo postcard shows a group of early tourists riding horseback at Camp Yonolosse, near Blowing Rock.
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 100_1295.jpg484 viewsPhoto March 19, 2006 by Jeff Weaver
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 Wataugaacad.jpg483 viewsThis postcard was made very near the year 1900, and shows the Watauga Academy.
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 Boone - Watauga Handcraft Center483 viewsFrom a 1960s browntone postcard.
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 astc1936.jpg478 viewsYhis 1936 postcard shows the campus as it was then. This school is now Appalachian State University.
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 winebargermill.jpg476 viewsThis is from a 1960s postcard.
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 oldmabelmethodist.jpg473 viewsPhoto April 28, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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 Deep Gap - Trinity Baptist Church473 viewsPhoto June 20, 2007 by Jeff Weaver. Trinity's website may be found here.
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 loomhouse.jpg470 viewsTaken from a circa 1910 postcard.
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 Blowing Rock - Mayview Manor470 viewsThis is a real-photo postcard of Mayview Manor from 1910.
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 mayviewmanor.jpg467 viewsThis is an aerial shot made in the 1940s.
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 Howard_sKnob.jpg465 viewsThis photo of Howard's Knob was taken by Lola Kilby in the 1920s. Courtesy of Emily Kilby erk44@verizon.net
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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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