Appalachian History

We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the left side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here: We open today’s show with a story from the boyhood of [...]

When I go a-courtin’,I’ll go on the train.When I go to marry,I’ll marry Liza Jane. Chorus:O Law’, Liza, po’ gal,O Law’, Liza Jane,O Law’, Liza, po’ gal,She died on the train. The hardest work I ever didWas a-brakin’on a train;The easiest work I ever didWas a-huggin’ Liza Jane. When I went to see her,She met [...]

“When I was seven or eight years of age, I began hauling all the wood used in the house and shops. I could not load it on the wagons, of course, at that time, but I could drive, and the choppers would load, and some one at the house unload. “When about eleven years old, [...]

We post a new episode of Appalachian History weekly podcast every Sunday. You can start listening right away by clicking the podcast icon over on the left side of your screen. If you’d rather grab the show off itunes for later listening, click here: We open today’s show with a look at the rise of [...]

Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times by Dr. Ralph Stanley with Eddie Dean (781.642 STA Main) Please welcome guest reviewer Jeanne Powers, who reviews books regularly for the Reference Department on the Bristol Public Library [TN/VA] site. Jeanne’s from Dickenson County, VA. “I used to watch Mr. Cartoon from Huntington after school,” she [...]