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ADDITIONAL LINKSPHOTO GALLERYCENSUS 1940 Welcome. Mission Statement The Yancey History Associations mission is to preserve protect and display our culture history and heritage through archival collections promotion of education oral history genealogical record and living history. The association was formed in 1979 and by 1989 had purchased the property on which the McElroy House museum and the 1920s gas station Chamber of CommerceVisitors Center are located. The dedication of the house as the Rush Wray Museum came in 1999 when the house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.