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

Category: Historic preservation

The urge to create something beautiful from the commonest materials

First stop for Southern Highland Handicraft Guild’s traveling exhibition will be at the American County Life Assn. conference at Blacksburg.

Cherokee County Historical Museum aims to make the people in the past alive to those in the present with this exhibit on local fashions.

History presenter Larry Rowlette wasn’t born in Cullman, AL and he doesn’t live there now. But he’s still the perfect choice for the colonel.

The Kentucky Historical Society will unveil a new historical marker today at a cemetery with ties to the Hatfield-McCoy feud.

Barbara Butler discusses the challenges of preserving & protecting a cherished family cemetery which includes clearing it and adding a fence.

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