For this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post, I chose to look around Burnsville, Yancey County. There were some places that sounded interesting. I went with Rush Wray Museum, John Wesley McElroy House, and Yancey County History Association – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_McElroy_House. I thought it was a nice choice for this week’s North Carolina Thursdays post. The museum may have some limitations due to COVID-19 pandemic. Call before planning a visit to see what the limitations are. Going to be interesting as I have to check all three names in searches.
Official Website: www.yanceyhistoryassociation.org/Museum.html and https://web.archive.org/web/20120306160029/http://www.inst.ncecho.org/InstHitList.aspx?qry=Inst&Name=Rush+Wray+Museum+of+Yancey+County+History (Wayback Machine)
https://cityseeker.com/asheville/815665-john-wesley-mcelroy-house
Address
Location:11 Academy StreetBurnsville NC 28714View photographs
from NC ECHO’s visit to this institutionMailing AddressPO Box 1088Burnsville NC 28714Phone: (828) 682-3671Admission: ? – not seeing admission price listed; donations appreciated
Atlas Obscura: No listing located https://www.atlasobscura.com/
Facebook: Some listings located https://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Wesley-McElroy-House/105669896133716
https://www.facebook.com/YanceyHistoryAssociation/about/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Rush+Wray+Museum (Some listings located)
Foursquare: No listing located for any of the three locations https://foursquare.com/
GenealogyTrails: http://genealogytrails.com/ncar/yancey/
Gluseum: Two listings located https://www.gluseum.com/US/Burnsville/368897769846325/Yancey-History-Association and https://www.gluseum.com/US/Burnsville/105669896133716/John-Wesley-McElroy-House
Google Maps: Google Maps Burnsville, North Carolina (Street View available) John Wesley McElroy House
Google Maps Burnsville, North Carolina (Rush Wray Museum/Yancey County History Association
HMDB: No listing located https://www.hmdb.org/
Hometown Locator: https://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/nearby/place-details,z,28714,p,yancey%20history%20association,i,840dnmkr-af871d410dfb45baba438ff5ce7c7975.cfm One listing located
Inspirock: No listing located https://www.inspirock.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/415534239/john-wesley-mcelroy-house/
Landmarkhunter: https://landmarkhunter.com/164941-john-wesley-mcelroy-house/ One listing located
Linkedin: No listing located http://www.linkedin.com/
Museums.us: No listing located https://www.museums.us/
National Register of Historic Places: Listing not digitized yet: https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=54a412e6-da85-44d2-a847-106587ff7d2e
https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/YC0004.pdf
Only In Your State: No listing located https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/331999803763619596/
Roads and Kingdoms: No listing located https://roadsandkingdoms.com/
Roadside America: No listing located https://www.roadsideamerica.com/
RoadTrippers: https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/burnsville-nc/points-of-interest/rush-wray-museum-yancey-history-association One listing located
Silly America: No listing located https://sillyamerica.com/
Smoky Mountain News: No listing located https://www.smokymountainnews.com/
Snapchat: No listing located https://www.snapchat.com/
This is my South: No listing mentioned https://www.thisismysouth.com/
Trip Advisor: One listing located https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g48991-d8375592-Reviews-Rush_Wray_Museum_Yancey_History_Association-Burnsville_North_Carolina.html
Trip Hobo: https://www.triphobo.com/
Trip Shock: https://www.tripshock.com/
Tumblr: No listing located https://www.tumblr.com/
Twitch channel or search: No listing located – https://www.twitch.tv/
Twitter: No listing located for any of the three locations https://twitter.com/
Vimeo channel or search: Some videos located https://vimeo.com/291546166
VisitNC: One listing located https://www.visitnc.com/listing/PUeX/mcelroy-house-museum
Waymarking: No listing located https://www.waymarking.com/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_McElroy_House; mentioned on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_North_Carolina
Yelp: One listing located https://www.yelp.com/biz/yancey-history-association-burnsville
YouTube: Some videos located https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=John+Wesley+McElroy+Burnsville
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rush+Wray+Museum+Burnsville
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Yancey+County+History+Association+Burnsville
Past North Carolina Thursdays posts: https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/north-carolina-thursdays/
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