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 Elkin - First United Methodist Church968 viewsThis view shows the First United Methodist Church of Elkin from the northeast. The image was created in 1960. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
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 West Jefferson - Bluff Mountain965 viewsCourtesy of rel1@bellsouth.net
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 Jefferson - Sunset over the Mountains963 viewsPhoto August 2007 by Jeff Weaver
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 Hotel Wilkes962 viewsThis is a 1910s view of the lobby of the Hotel Wilkes.
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 100_1578.jpg962 viewsThis bridge replaced the ford of the river. Photo by Jeff Weaver, April 16, 2006.
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 huskpo.jpg961 viewsNow closed, this post office building was photographed by Heather Sexton.
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 hurricaneview.jpg961 viewsPhoto by Heather Sexton.
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 ravinebridge.jpg959 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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 pblevhse.jpg959 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver 1978,
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 wilkesborobeye1913.jpg957 viewsThis view of Wilkesboro is shown in a postally used card from 1913.
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 Unknown - Feed Mixing957 viewsThis 1929 image shows two Ashe County, NC farmers, (names unknown) mixing feed for dairy cattle. Courtesy of the Archives of North Carolina State University.
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 heltonss.jpg956 viewsThis is a Sunday school photo, probably taken around 1915 if the woman sitting top center with her arm draped over the shoulder of a big-eared son is, indeed, Ada Littlewood Francis (oldest son had stick-out ears). The picture was taken on the front steps of Herbert and Hannah Littlewood's home on Helton Creek. Courtesy of Emily Kilby.
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Email: graysoncountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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Independence, VA 24348

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Independence, VA 24348

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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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