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Author: Dave Tabler

3 varieties of apple against hancock md orchard background
October 23, 2018 Apple growers / Maryland

There is no reason why Tonoloway Ridge should not be known as an Apple Section

Hancock, MD and its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation.

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illustration: punch & judy against bloody background
October 23, 2018 Appalachian crime / Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween

No one will live there now: it is believed that the house is hainted

“This,” Aunt Mary went on to say, “is my secret. All you kind people remember my good husband Tom. The fact is he never left me at all. He is still here.”

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jim gasque slingshot collection
October 22, 2018 Fishing / Great Smoky Mountains / Hunting / Tennessee

Stalking game with his slingshot

Jim Gasque, NC sportsman, proved that the ordinary slingshot, when properly made and used, can be an adult weapon of deadly accuracy.

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a class from the new rabun industrial school
October 19, 2018 Educators/teachers / Georgia

These mountain people are Americans — Americans in descent and sentiment

Mr. Ritchie, principal of Rabun Gap Industrial School, is himself a mountain boy & struggling to place the school on a firm financial basis.

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loraine wyman at pine mountain settlement school 1916
October 18, 2018 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Songcatchers

Primarily an impression of Kentucky music

Loraine Wyman was among the first persons to systematically search for folk songs in the Southern Appalachians.

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    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
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  • 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
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