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Category: College sports

Sonny Smith and Charles Barkley b&w
November 9, 2017 Alabama / College sports

Strap that Alabama fan on my back!

Future champion college basketball coach Sonny Smith was born November 15, 1936 in Roan Mountain, TN, the son of a mill worker.

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November 28, 2016 College sports / Kentucky / Tennessee

The Wildcats vs. The Vols

Perhaps you thought the Wildcats vs Vols football rivalry is a recent phenomenon?

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4 NCAA schhool mascot logos
March 18, 2016 College sports

Where’d all those NCAA school mascots come from?

When the NCAA Tournament tips off, you may know every team’s star player and its odds to win the title. But how well do you know the mascots?

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sandlot football and booker t washington painting
October 23, 2007 Appalachian celebrities / Black Appalachia / College sports / Virginia

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.

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  • guineas of west virginia The Guineas of West Virginia
    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
    May 31, 2016
  • still from TV series Christy Christy and Leonora: City Girl, Country Gal
    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • 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
  • Giovanna Quattrone on How Dino Crocetti of Steubenville became pop singer Dean Martin
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