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young emerging in villages here and there
February 21, 2018 Family life / Tennessee

In these hills they feel the heartbeat of God

Here, there, in this community & that, some young man, some young woman is emerging into a new life where an infinite service can be rendered.

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girl down the drain dream generator
May 31, 2017 Evangelists / Family life / Kentucky / Love and romance

His excuse for marrying a child was…

He knew that she was pure and being a child she and his children would get along pleasantly together.

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Market Street in Steubenville
March 28, 2017 Family life / Ohio

Not much spectacular ever happened on North Fifth. The people just wouldn’t allow it.

Steubenville had no big fires, or robberies, juicy divorce cases or scandals. That is not to say life was one soft bed of roses.

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cirtsville postcard no date
March 27, 2017 Family life / West Virginia

He made his boast that he lived here 40 years and had never done any useful work

Joe made his boast that he lived here 40 years, had as much to eat, was as well dressed as anyone else, and had never done any useful work.

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Käthe Kollwitz Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind) 1903
February 5, 2017 Family life / Honoring the dead

As I think about your sorrow, I have wished I could have taken Beatrice’s place

Although it was over forty years ago, it is as fresh in my memory as though it were but a day. I remember how I felt, how I thought I never could become reconciled.

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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
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