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Wilkes County Heritage Museum: The Old Wilkes County Courthouse is now a museum which showcases the rich history of this county.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: This historic trail, part of the National Trails System, tracks the route of Patriot militia men to the Battle of Kings Mountain.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Old Wilkes Walking Tour: Touring Old Wilkesboro gives students insight into the town's past. Historic refurbished buildings with authentic artifacts show what life in Wilkesboro was like from the 1700s to the present.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression: Images and text from a report in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill documenting tobacco bag stringing work in North Carolina and Virginia in 1939.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Mrs. L.L. Oakley, Wilkes County, N.C.: Several people are shown standing in the doorway of a house.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. W.H. Bryant, Wilkes County, N.C.: Mrs. W.H. Bryant and seven children are pictured in the bedroom in their home. One of the children holds a baby in her lap.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Zora Jarvis, Wilkes County, N.C.: Mrs. Zora Jarvis and a small child are pictured seated on a couch.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Emma Cleary, Wilkes County, N.C.: The Cleary family is pictured standing in front of a stone wall. All of the family members hold tobacco bags.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. L.L. Oakley, Wilkes County, N.C.: Mrs. L.L. Oakley is shown sitting in front of the fireplace with another woman, a child, and a baby.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Barbara Wagoner, Wilkes County, N.C.: Mrs. Barbara Wagoner is pictured sitting in a chair outside of her house with a baby in her lap. Several piles of tobacco bags are next to her on the ground.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. W. H. Bryant: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.6; MRS. W. H. BRYANT, Wilkes County, N.C., has 9 children, one of whom is married and also has 1 child and lives with her. INCOME: Husband works fairly steadily at the furniture factory for $10 to $15 a week. Only other income is $2.50 a week for stringing bags...

Mrs. Emma Cleary: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.12; CLEARY, MRS. EMMA, married; two children; aged 30; husband aged 60; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: William, aged 12 in school. Vassie, aged 8 in school. INCOME: None. HOME CONDITIONS: Own two-room log cabin and forty acres of land. Only five acres...

Mrs. Alice Johnson, Wilkes County, N.C.: Mrs. Alice Johnson is pictured sitting on a trunk in the interior of her home stringing tobacco bags. Two children are shown in the photograph.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Samuel Stayley: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.7; STAYLEY, MRS. SAMUEL, has five children living at home. She is 83 years old and her husband is 84. They reside at Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C. INCOME: The whole family works on the farm and they make just enough to live on. They income from farming is enough...

Mrs. Samuel Stayley, Reddies River, Wilkes Co., N.C.: The Stayley family is shown in the kitchen of their home. The table is set and they look to have just finished a meal. The walls are covered with pages from magazines or newspapers, and there are pots and canned goods in view.; Format: image/photograph

Mrs. Daisy Stamper: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.1; STAMPER, MRS. DAISY; aged 40; married; eight children; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: Anna, aged 21. Ruby, aged 20. Edward, aged 18. Georgie, aged 13. Bob, aged 11. G.D., aged 7. Pauline, aged 4. Virginia, aged 1. INCOME: Husband works on Government...

Mrs. Barbara Wagoner: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.3; WAGONER, MRS. BARBARA; married; two children; aged 20 years; reside in Wilkes Co., N.C. Children: Jacob, aged one year. Buck, aged 9 — child by husband's first wife. INCOME: About $20.00 per month. Husband is laborer on government park project in this...

View from Stone Mountain, North Carolina: This is the view from Stone Mountain in Alleghany and Wilkes counties in North Carolina. Stone Mountain is just that: a towering dome of pale granite. Its bald top is visible for miles before reaching Stone Mountain State Park. The park is a popular spot for...; Format: image/photograph

Rock climbers on Stone Mountain: These are rock climbers on Stone Mountain in Alleghany and Wilkes Counties. The park is a popular spot for rock-climbing; more often than not, you'll find climbers anchored to the mountain by no more than a spindly tree sprouting from the rock's craggy face,...; Format: image/photograph

Stone Mountain: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 12; Quartzite is not the only erosion-resistant rock that has formed monadnocks on North Carolina's Piedmont. Another major rock type — granite — has also been responsible for monadnock formation. Granite is a granular rock made primarily of feldspar...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

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