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MerleFest is an annual "traditional plus" music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina on the campus of Wilkes Community College.The festival, which is held the last weekend in April, was hosted by Grammy Award winner Doc Watson prior to his death and is named in memory and honor of his son, Eddy Merle Watson, [1] who died in a farm tractor accident in 1985.
Wilkesboro is a town in and the county seat of Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. [4] The population was 3,687 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] The town is located along the south bank of the Yadkin River , directly opposite the town of North Wilkesboro .
The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 14, at 4 p.m. Doors will open at 1 p.m., and Trump will deliver his remarks at 4 p.m. More: NC leaders respond to shooting at Donald Trump's Pennsylvania ...
Wilkesboro: Now the Wilkes County Heritage Museum 21: Wilkes Hosiery Mills: Wilkes Hosiery Mills: April 30, 2008 : 407 F. St. North Wilkesboro: 22: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church: Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church: August 24, 1982
Driver Cale Yarborough, second from left, and car owner Junior Johnson, second from right, celebrates their victory in the Music City 420 before a near-record crowd of 21,500 at Nashville Speedway ...
The Carolina Mirror Company in North Wilkesboro, founded in the 1930s, was for many years the largest mirror factory in America. Today Gardner Glass Products Inc. still produces mirrors in North Wilkesboro. Holly Farms, in Wilkesboro, was the largest poultry producer in the Southeastern United States until it was bought by Tyson Foods in 1989 ...
The runway opened with a length of 1,500 feet and was extended in the 1960s to 2,300 feet. The airport also had a few hangars. Between 1962 and 1963, North Wilkesboro Airport was replaced by the old Wilkes County Airport located roughly 1.5 miles to the southwest. The newer airport had a longer and more durable 3,600 feet and paved runway.