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Two photos show the Valle Crucis area immediately after the Great Flood, August 13, 1940. Considerable water rose in the store building, at right. The original Valle Crucis public school building is shown at extreme left in top photo. The original Valle Crucis Bank is shown at right of the school structure. It merged in 1927 with a bank in Boone. N.C. and became a residence. The Methodist church is hidden by the trees (X). The church steeple protrudes through the trees.

Lower photo shows the same area in 2003. The large building at left this side of the church is a woodworking shop, built in recent years. Trees have been removed at the church.

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