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

Category: Appalachian celebrities

Zelda Fitzgerald dies in hospital blaze

Among the victims of the Highland Hospital fire, identified only by her slipper, was Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

When I first wrote about our Grandma Gatewood project for Appalachian History in 2013, we were at the half-way point of our shooting schedule.

Earl Hamner’s family was the model for ‘The Waltons’ television show. A new documentary traces the storyteller’s roots in Schuyler, VA.

After producing 6 documentaries, mostly on the Civil War, Kent Masterson Brown determined in 2011 to produce his next one on Daniel Boone.

Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton was a living legend. The day he committed suicide, he launched himself into the pages of American lore.

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