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YADKIN VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

NORTH CAROLINA



MISSION: The Yadkin Valley Historical Association is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and interpreting the history of the Yadkin River valley through cooperation among the region's history-related entities and individuals.

HISTORY: click here for history of the association.

MEMBERSHIP: Click here for membership form. Fiscal year begins September 1.

HISTORY FAIRS AND CONFERENCES

# date place theme
1 Aug. 12, 2006 Yadkin Center, Surry Community College, Yadkinville NC "Organization of the YVHA";

presentation about Daniel Boone by Randell Jones

2 Aug. 11, 2007 Wilkes Heritage Center, Wilkesboro NC "Finding and Keeping the Resources to Preserve Local History" Click here for flyer.
3 Aug. 9, 2008 Iredell County Agricultural Resources Center, Statesville NC "Genealogy in the Yadkin Valley" Click here for photos.
4 Aug. 8, 2009 Lewisville United Methodist Church, Lewisville NC "History of Early Transportation in Yadkin Valley" Click here for flyer.
5 Aug. 14, 2010 First United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Mocksville NC "Daniel and Rebecca Bryan Boone, Their Lives and Times" Click here for flyer. Click here for photos. List of Contemporaries

6 Aug. 13, 2011 Surry County Community College,

Viticulture and Enology Bldg.

Dobson NC

"Saving Church and Family Cemeteries"

Click here for flyer.

Click here for agenda.

Click here for photographs.

7 Aug. 11, 2012 Iredell County Agricultural Resources Center, Statesville NC "History and Genealogy of the People of Color of the Yadkin Valley"

OFFICERS were elected 12 September 2009. Click here for list of all officers. Click here for a photo of board members who met January 9, 2010.

BYLAWS: Click here to read.

COUNTIES INCLUDED: Fifteen North Carolina counties near the Yadkin River are inside the boundaries of our association. Click here to see a map of the counties and the two branches of the Yadkin River.

PHOTOS OF THE YADKIN RIVER: Shallowford Crossing

HISTORY OF THE RIVER AREA:

Click here for an 1887 map of the Upper Yadkin.

Click here for an article written for YVHA, "Following Daniel Boone out of the Yadkin Valley" by Randell Jones, author of In the Footsteps of Daniel Boone.

NC Daniel Boone Heritage Trail is being planned. Until this web site is online, you can click here for a map on Randell Jones' web site.

OBITUARIES OF HISTORIANS IN OUR AREA.

Frances Harding Casstevens obituary

Teresa Gail Bailey Turner obituary

Mrs. Sanna Ross Gaffney obituary

Edward Rogers Gunter obituary

Carlos Paul Surratt obituary; pedigree chart

Thelma Lucille Dinkins Hutchens obituary

Mary Frances 'Pan' Atkinson Beck obituary

James William Wall obituary

Pat Gwyn Woltz obituary

County Historical Organizations within the Area of Yadkin Valley Historical Association, Inc.

Click on organizations written in blue letters for their Web sites:
Alexander County Ancestry Association
Alleghany Historical and Genealogical Society
Ashe County Historical Society
Caldwell County Genealogical Society
Genealogical Society of Davidson County
Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society
Forsyth County Genealogical Society
Forsyth County Historical Association
Genealogical Society of Iredell County
Genealogical Society of Rowan County
Rockingham County Historical Society
Genealogical Society of Rockingham and Stokes Counties
Surry County Genealogical Association
Historical Society of Watauga County
Wilkes County Genealogical Society
Yadkin County Historical Society
Names from http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ click on local societies
Historical Groups Other Than County Organizations:
Lewisville Historical Society
Overmountain Victory Trail Association
Yadkin Riverkeeper
Rural Hall Historical Society
28th Regiment North Carolina Troops - Reenactment
The Rockford Preservation Society
The African American Historical and Genealogical Society of Surry County
Trading Ford Historic District Preservation Association
Walkertown Area Historical Society
Jonesville Historic Sites



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