October 2009 - Appalachian History

Ron Rash’s Serena follows the fortunes of the eponymous central character and her husband as they create a timber barony in 1930’s America.

Which way winter? Watch woolly worms!

Mountain folk use the stripes on the woolly worm to predict winter’s path. Black stripes predict cold/snowy weather, brown stripes, milder.

Ginseng’s hold on our consciousness has been strong for a long time. Its root is famed as being a cure for almost every sort of ill.

Alabama updated its presence in the US Capitol, swapping out a statue of a former congressman for a new bronze likeness of Helen Keller.