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

Category: Eminent domain victims

The CCC boys has been giving away the buildings

In May of 1926, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill authorizing the establishment of a 521,000-acre Shenandoah National Park.

To the locals, George Pollock (right) was an arrogant and self-serving businessman, responsible for the dislocation of over 400 families.

Some few of these were making a new beginning and, where they could get some of the better land, were succeeding on a very moderate scale.

Home of synchronous fireflies. But in the early 30s Elkmont, TN’s nature display was outshone by political sparks flying in all directions.

Our aim within the Mountain Memories Project is to individually film every pre-displacement mountain resident that we can locate.

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