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Author: Dave Tabler

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March 30, 2014 Podcast / Uncategorized

Listen Here: Appalachian History Weekly podcast posts today

We open today’s show with a series of live interviews from the floor of the Appalachian Studies Association 37th conference in Huntington, WV

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March 27, 2014 West Virginia / Writers

Book Excerpt: ‘Images of America: Guyandotte’

Huntington, WV native Bob Withers memorializes that city’s historic neighborhood in the new Images of America series book, “Guyandotte.”

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March 26, 2014 Cherokee Nation / Historic preservation / Kentucky / Tennessee / Trail of Tears

175 Years Later: Documenting the Historic Buildings of the Trail of Tears

The Center for Historic Preservation conducts 9-state survey to identify/document historic buildings on the Trail of Tears Natl. Historic Trail.

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March 25, 2014 Appalachian celebrities / Botany / North Carolina

One with Nature

We are blessed that in Western North Carolina, much of what William Bartram saw and admired still remains, awaiting our own inspection.

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March 24, 2014 Historic preservation / West Virginia

All We Need Is Love: A Project of the Ohio Valley Young Preservationists

The Ohio Valley Young Preservationists, passionate about Wheeling, WV, seek to preserve the history, culture and buildings of the city.

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