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

Category: Georgia

She grieved as long as she lived for her Victorine

Victorine’s mother was working as help in Gen James R. Wyly’s household when she fell in love with Eugene Pinard.

Cotton of course is one of the principal crops in Walker County GA. It is to be regretted that our people have taken so seriously to it.

The Meaders family of potters is probably the most influential family in the history of Southern Appalachian folk pottery.

It still stands as the 5th deadliest twister in US history. On April 6, 1936, the citizens of Gainesville, GA were dealt an agonizing blow.

When the Tallulah Falls hydroelectric plant began generating electricity in 1913, it was among the first such plants in the United Sates.

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