The Special Collections Research Center posted a story about some of the earliest photographers of the local area. Documents held in the Special Collections Research Center were a part of the collection of Reverend J. Norton Atkins (1881-1962), a clergyman of the Episcopal Church resided in Watauga County in the early 1900s. Learn more about the collection.
A black-and-white photograph shows a country landscape with a dirt road. A horse-and-buggy are stopped in the road, a person sitting inside the buggy
“Reverend J. Norton Atkins [?] Traveling by Buggy, Watauga County, North Carolina, Early 20th Century"