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Year: 2018

1948 crowd waits for santa in downtown kingsport tn sized
November 14, 2018 Advertising industry in Appalachia / Christmas traditions / Railroad industry / Tennessee

Get ready for the Santa Train

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, the Santa Claus Special (“Santa Train”) departs from Kingsport, TN, arriving in Pikeville, KY.

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unmarried couple frolic
November 13, 2018 Child rearing / Family life / North Carolina

Bastardy Bonds

The NC colony, starting in 1736, used bastardy bonds to protect the Crown from being responsible for supporting children born out of wedlock.

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harrison news leader bldg, 1909 phone, cadiz postcard, harrison county seal
November 9, 2018 Class issues / Farmers/farming / Ohio

The farmer has become a prince

Instead of bathing at the back porch pump of an evening, the farmer now adjourns to his porcelain bath tub.

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November 8, 2018 Regional food / Wild foraging

Wait until the first frost has kissed the persimmons

Get the ones that have already fallen to the ground, or ones that fall off the tree easily, when shaking the tree. If the fruit falls to the ground easily, it is ripe.

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glenn springs hotel postcard 1908
November 7, 2018 Hotel industry / South Carolina

The center of social activity for the upstate

South Carolinians have known about the mineral springs of Glenn Springs, in the Blue Ridge foothills near Spartanburg, for centuries.

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    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
    May 31, 2016
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    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
  • David Doerr on Tapping Oil at the Roots of a Family Tree
  • Tami on The Guineas of West Virginia
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  • Kat on “Everyday” Appalachian Superstitions

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