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This is an excerpt for Watauga County readers from a narrative about William S. Whiting, Michael Lowery's great-grandfather. It offers biographical information about Whiting, as well as information about his lumber operations in Shulls Mill, NC. Many…

This image shows tall stacks of lumber in a kiln yard, prior to drying, at Boone Fork Mill, or Whiting Lumber Mill, which was part of a lumber operation by William S. Whiting and the Boone Fork Lumber Company in Shulls Mill, NC. A horse pulling a…

This image shows large stacks of lumber. The stacks are sitting in the Shulls Kiln Yard at the Whiting Lumber Mill (or Boone Fork Mill) waiting to dry in the kiln. Mountains are partially visible through the haze in the distance. This is part of a…