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Hallowed Ground: From Cook Mountain To Blair Mountain And Beyond

Hallowed ground. It is a term most do not think about these days. In these so-called modern times we tend to forget words like hallowed.

Think Harper’s Ferry, & three names come to mind: Robert Harper, George Washington, and abolitionist John Brown. Add Jefferson to that list.

Two magnolia trees are intertwined with the lives of President Andrew Jackson, President Ronald Reagan, and Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.

VA’s Department of Historic Resources plans a highway marker to remind passers-by of the famed artist Grandma Moses and her ties to the area.

Appalachia has always had a pull for its dispersed children, a pull I’ve felt my whole life. It has always been a land of nostalgia and loss.