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cascade2.jpg
cascade2.jpg99 viewsThe Cascades are located off the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Wilkes County, near the Ashe County line. Photo by Jeff Weaver 1990.
cascade1.jpg
cascade1.jpg100 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
1bcnwilkes.jpg
1bcnwilkes.jpg103 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.
stokesmansion.jpg
stokesmansion.jpg153 viewsFrom an early 20th century postcard (ca. 1915).
wilkeshs1911.jpg
wilkeshs1911.jpg109 viewsThis postcard was used in 1911.
wilkesflume.jpg
wilkesflume.jpg111 viewsThis postcard was made in the early 20th century.
wilkesch1911.jpg
wilkesch1911.jpg109 viewsThis real-photo post card was mailed in 1911. You might be interested in Crouch's Historical Sketches of Wilkes County
wilkesborodepot~0.jpg
wilkesborodepot~0.jpg119 viewsThis linen post card dates from the first third of the 20th century.
wilkeswest.jpg
wilkeswest.jpg151 viewsThis postcard shows a general veiw to the west from Wilkesboro.
brinegarcabin.jpg
brinegarcabin.jpg181 viewsThe Brinegar Cabin, built in 1884 by Martin Brinegar, is very near Doughton State Park in Alleghany County, North Carolina, however, this cabin is on the side of the Blue Ridge precipice in Wilkes County, NC. This photo is from 1959. From the collections of the Library of Congress.
ravinebridge.jpg
ravinebridge.jpg111 viewsThis is a 1930-45 era post card of a bridge on the Boone Trail (Now US 321) between Wilkesboro and Boone.
hotelwilkes.jpg
hotelwilkes.jpg113 viewsTaken from a pre-1930 postcard
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