Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Appalachian celebrities

He lubricated the grass in front of me with real tobacco juice

I played opposite Booker T. Washington who chewed real tobacco. He lubricated the grass in front of me with real tobacco juice.

Despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

In 1929 Harland Sanders finally found his life’s calling. That was the year he moved to Corbin, KY & opened a gas station.

When Sgt. Alvin C. York returned to America in 1919 as the best-known hero of the World War, he devoted his attention to improving education.

The character we know today emerged when 27 year old Sarah Ophelia Colley was producing an amateur musical comedy in Baileyton, AL.

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