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Hannah Holyfield Collection

Items from the Holyfield family realted to Historic Rockford, Surry Central High School, Dobson High School, and the Burrus family.

During the 1930-1950s, almost every town of any size in North Carolina had a professional minor league baseball team. Mount Airy featured two teams: The Mount Airy Reds from 1934 - 1937, and the Graniteers from 1938 - 1941 and 1946 - 1950. After being interrupted by the War, baseball returned and life-long friendshops formed between the players and fans during the final Graniteer years. The Blue Ridge League folded in 1950 with the Graniteers winning the league championship. Professional baseball never returned to Mount Airy or other small towns, but the memories continued with players who settled in the Mount Airy area and through reunions that brought players and fans together.

Surry County Historical Road Map and Index by G.P. Stout

Surry County Map and Index of communities, rivers, creeks, mountains, ferry sites, mill sites, rural churches and cemeteries, towns and post offices and ancient land marks identified on the map by symbols and names.

Surry County Agricultural Society Journal from 1819-1823

The Surry County Agricultural Society Journal from 1819-1823 edited by Nannie May Tilley and published in the October 1947 issue of the North Carolina Historical Review. This journal was found among the papers of David S. Reid, governor of North Carolina from 1851-1854 and is now preserved in the library of Duke University. The journal was written during the time of poor economic, social and education conditions of Surry County. This agricultural society was not large in membership.