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Subject: [RHEA-L] Branson's NC Business Directory, Watauga Co. NC 1890
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 20:58:19 EDT

Branson's North Carolina Business Directory
Watauga County, North Carolina
1890

Area - 460 Square Miles
Population 8,160: White 7,751, Colored 409
Watauga County was formed in 1849 from Ashe, Caldwell and Yancey counties,
and derives its name from the river that runs through it, which is an Indian
name and signifies "the River of Islands."

Mines

Kinds Post Offices Proprietors
Copper Elk Cross Roads (Ashe Co.) R. C. Rhea & Co.
Copper Elk Cross Roads (Ashe Co.) J. B. Miller
Gold Boone J. P. Connell
Copper Elk Knob Wagner & Co.
Flexible Sandstone Stony Fork J. R. Hodges & Co.
Gold Boone John Gragg
Gold Boone H. W. Hardin
Iron Boone D. B. Dougherty & Co.
Iron Boone James McGhee
Mica Elk Cross Roads (Ashe Co.) L. Ray & Co.
Mica Valle Crucis W. Voncannon
Silver Beech Creek Dr. Stewart
Silver Taylorsville, Tenn. Wagner & Co.
Silver Middle Cane J. R. Hodges

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