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Capt. Samuel Jackson787 viewsCourtesy of Nanalee Wrenn
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wilkescampyard.jpg786 viewsThis circa 1910 postcard shows the camp ground for wagons travelling through Wilkesboro.
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100_1775.jpg786 viewsPhoto October 20, 2006 by Jeff Weaver.
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fleetwoodschool.jpg784 viewsCourtesy of Bette Nelson
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spartabev.jpg783 viewsFrom a mid-20th century postcard.
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hoteltucker.jpg782 viewsFrom a 1920s era postcard.
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100_1788.jpg782 viewsThis is the only movie theater in Ashe County. Photo by Jeff Weaver October 20, 2006.
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daviscem.jpg781 viewsCourtesy of Jcamel232002
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Baptist Church Wilkes NC779 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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Lansing - American Legion Hall778 viewsPhoto by Jeff Weaver, April 18, 2007.
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baptistchape1.jpg777 viewsThis is a detail of one side of Baptist Chapel Church, organized in 1842, before it was covered over with vinyl siding and ruined the ambiance of the place. Photo by Jeff Weaver, July 1978.
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Thompson_Cemetery__1.jpg777 viewsDescription: Ann Combs, Beam a descendant of the Thompson family of Surry County, North Carolina came down from Alexandria, Virginia in October of 2003. She and her husband came by to see me for a few minutes and then went by Devotion. The gatekeeper of the Reynolds estate allowed them to go inside to the Thompson cemetery.
Directions from the gate to the Thompson Homestead and Graveyard site:Get Permission at the gatehouse
Go through gate for 3 10ths miles on right, inside fence. Mitchell's River and the creek flow on either side.
Buried here are Martha Thompson wife of Hiram Higgins. (Hiram was killed in the Civil War and Martha was murdered by John Jack Mayes and burned in her house ) The cemetery is being kept in very good condition. Courtesy of Nanalee Wrenn nwrenn37@yadtel.net
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