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Watauga Mill 1952 Journal And Sentinel
This image depicts a newspaper clipping from the Journal and Sentinel. At the top of the clipping, "Mills N" is written in pencil. The clipping is of the article "Water Comes Down Steady and Free' For Third-Generation Watauga Mill" by Chester S.…
Notes from Nancy Miller Brown
This image shows a typed set of facts about Nancy Miller Brown. This includes a few stories and facts about her life in Watauga County in the mid twentieth century. As noted at the bottom of the document, it was recorded by Nancy Miller Brown and…
Whiting Railroads in Watauga County
This item is a map of Watauga County, NC, circa 1918 highlighting the areas relevant to a lumber operation by William S. Whiting and the Boone Fork Lumber Company in Shulls Mill, NC. On the map, a barbed red line through the county likely indicates…
Whiting Timber Holdings
This item is a map of Watauga County, NC, circa 1918 highlighting the areas relevant to Whiting Timber Holdings, part of a lumber operation by William S. Whiting and the Boone Fork Lumber Company in Shulls Mill, NC. On the map, Watauga River, New…
Postcard to H. L. Coffey, August 1, 1923
This item is a postcard that appears to be part illustration, part photograph. The green bordered card features images of bells and a stone church. Script on the card indicates this to be an invitation to a "Silver Bells of Memory" event in Meat…
Billy Byers, Meat Camp Tobacco Harvest
A man wearing a flat brim hat and glasses is walking towards the viewer with an armload of tobacco leaves. He is holding an ax-like tool in his right hand. To his right are several stakes piled with harvested tobacco leaves. To his left stand tobacco…
Billy Byers, Meat Camp Tobacco Plants
A field has been planted with rows of tobacco. There is a wooden stake next to each plant. The row on the left side of the image appears to have been cut down, while the right side stands tall. "Billy Byers Meat Camp" is written on the slide mount…
Billy Byers Inspecting Tobacco
Billy Byers inspects yellowing tobacco crops in Meat Camp that appear to be infected with Black Shank Disease. The slide mount is dated 1972.
Bridge in Farmer's Field, August 1940
At the center of this image is a bridge that has been dislodged from a nearby waterway and dropped into this farmer's field. Flooding from the August 13, 1940, flood also deposited a large amount of mud in the middle of the adjacent roadway. Standing…
Winebarger Grist Mill Near Boone, NC, Postcard
This late 1970s or early 1980s postcard shows a view of the Winebarger Grist Mill located near Meat Camp, NC, in a photo by Larry Harwell. The postcard back has not been written on, nor does the postcard bear a postmark.
The back of the postcard…
The back of the postcard…