Photo credits

E01

A crowd gathers at high-top tables on a downtown street at dusk beside the lit vertical sign of the Reeves Theater.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E03

Two paddlers rest on a rocky bank of the Yadkin River beside their kayaks, with autumn trees across the water.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E04

Neighbors walk toward a wooden trail bridge at its opening ceremony in Elkin.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E05

A festival crowd in lawn chairs faces a white band shell where a band plays under tall trees.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E06

A crowd on a wooded hillside watches a band on a stage lit pink and purple at night.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E07

Snow covers the rocks and banks of a creek below a wide stone dam, with bare trees along the water.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E08

Elkin Town Hall, a one-story brick building with a tall arched entry, framed by flowering branches.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E09

Brick storefronts line Main Street in spring, under early leaves and a traffic signal.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E10

Shoppers and vendors crowd tables of produce under the open-sided Farmers Market shelter.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E11

Musicians play fiddles and guitars under a tent at the Farmers Market while people listen from folding chairs.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E12

The Yadkin River flows between grassy, tree-lined banks under a cloudy sky.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E13

Water spills over the wide, low Shoe Factory Dam into a rocky creek bed in autumn woods.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E14

The Richard Gwyn Museum, a small white clapboard building with a metal roof, a brick chimney, and a flagpole.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E15

Sepia photograph of West Main Street with early automobiles parked along the storefronts.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E16

Snow covers a downtown street at dusk as the Reeves sign and street lamps glow.

Photo: Don Pickett

E17

The Elkin Municipal Pool at sunset, lane lines on still water under an orange and blue sky.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E18

A wooden footbridge with railings crosses a stone-lined creek channel on a gravel trail through the woods.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E19

Aerial view of the Elkin Municipal Airport runway cutting through wooded hills and farmland.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E20

People walk along West Main Street past brick storefronts, the Reeves Theater sign, and classic cars at the curb.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E21

A two-story historic corner building beside a large painted mural of sky and hills.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E27

The Elkin Public Works and Utilities building, a gabled metal building with a covered entry.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E28

The Elkin Public Library, a one-story tan brick building with a parking lot in front.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E29

A mural painted on brick: a sign reading "Elkin, North Carolina Trail Town" with the lines "3 major trails, between 2 state parks, 1 great place to live", framed by flowers, a dragonfly, and a fiddle.

Photo: Town of Elkin

E02

Two- and three-story brick storefronts with decorative cornices and awnings line a downtown Elkin street.

Photo: G Keith Hall, June 12, 2010, CC BY-SA 3.0. File page (another website)

E23

A steel truss railroad bridge over a creek, framed by trees.

Photo: Indy beetle, May 16, 2020, CC0. File page (another website)

E24

An engraving of the Elkin Valley Woolen Mill in the 1800s, with smokestacks and mill buildings.

Photo: Anemisis1, CC BY-SA 4.0. File page (another website)

E25

A National Park Service sign marks the Eastern Trailhead of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail beside a paved path.

Photo: NPS Photo, Public domain. File page (another website)

E26

Water pours over an old stone mill dam among leafy trees.

Photo: Indy beetle, May 16, 2020, CC0. File page (another website)

E22

An audience in lawn chairs faces the covered River Stage on a lawn.

Photo: Town of Elkin Recreation & Parks

E30

A black granite Gold Star memorial with gold lettering stands under three flagpoles, the U.S. flag in the center, as path lights glow at dusk.

Photo: Town of Elkin Recreation & Parks

E31

The empty sprayground at Crater Park, with blue spray posts on a round concrete pad.

Photo: Town of Elkin Recreation & Parks

E32

The empty Crater Park playground, with a slide, climbing nets, and spinner seats on a blue rubber surface.

Photo: Town of Elkin Recreation & Parks