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This image shows a side porch of the general store. The handwritten caption below reads "John Ward's Dwelling House: John Ward extended and altered Wiley Gentry's 4 room 2 story house over the cellar." There is a drawn arrow pointing to the right.

These images show records from the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 censuses in Watauga Falls.

This image shows a letter to John Ward from M. F. Hopkins about oil. This letter is typed but there is handwriting below that reads "W. W. Mast fruit $30.00 paid by check Oct 12, ?" and "3 1/2 lbs, s... of an ... oil was his."

This image shows three printed stamps on a single page. All are long and rectangular in shape. The stamp on the top left of the page reads "John Ward, Watauga Falls, N.C." This is labeled as a bank stamp.

This image shows the stamp on the bottom right of the page that holds three stamps total. The stamp reads "John Ward, New Royal Sewing Machines, Watauga Falls, N. Car. Special Prices and Terms Now" and has a handwritten caption that reads…

This image shows the storehouse in which the Ward family would have lived while the Ward Store was operational. The family moved here in the Fall of 1899 and made continual adjustments between 1900 and 1915. The handwritten caption underneath the…

This is the complete essay titled "A History of John Ward's Store: Watauga County, North Carolina" by Betty Torreyson Hollowell. This essay was completed for Dr. Lanier at Appalachian State University in June of 1979. The content of the essay is the…