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Author: Dave Tabler

young boy sits in hay loft in Lost Cove NC
April 12, 2021 Farmers/farming / Ghost Towns / Moonshiners / North Carolina

The vanished community of Lost Cove

Neither North Carolina nor Tennessee claimed jurisdiction over Lost Cove. The boundary line wasn’t clear when it was founded. Hence the name.

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molly pitcher and morel collage
April 9, 2021 Appalachian speech / Revolutionary War / Wild foraging

Why are they called ‘Molly Moochers’?

How a Revolutionary War hero nicknamed ‘Molly Pitcher’ may have lent her moniker to the morel mushroom in Central Appalachia.

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two horses with farm painting behind them
March 29, 2021 Farmers/farming

How can a 2-horse farm have no horses and STILL be a 2-horse farm?

Before modern mechanization, the size of farms across southern Appalachia was usually measured in horses. A two-horse farm was average size.

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reward for info postcard for blaize harsell
March 24, 2021 Appalachian crime / Class issues / Courthouses / Legal profession / Moonshiners

Old money, blackmailed judges, moonshine and murder

He hiked without care through the lawless back country of Mitchell County. His tweeds & mahogany cane telegraphed ‘revenuer’ to moonshiners.

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closeup from cover of 'blood and treasure'
March 22, 2021 Early settlers vs. native Americans / French & Indian War / Kentucky / Revolutionary War / Writers

Book Review: ‘Blood and Treasure–Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier’

Blood & Treasure gives crucial context to why Boone’s years in Kentucky were, at almost every stage, lived in the constant backdrop of “Indian troubles.”

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