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

Category: Immigrants

To the end that man might possess himself of another of the world’s waste places

Now began the building of Middlesborough, the name which Mr. Alexander A. Arthur had proposed for the town having been adopted.

If you’re a lover of classical chamber music living in Asheville, you can thank the efforts of Jeanette & Joe Vanderwart for making it happen.

“La Vue Premiere,” by William P. Hopen, depicts the arrival of the first French immigrants who settled in this region in the early 18th century.

In the 1880s, Swiss from Canton Bern came to Laurel County, KY, to found Die Kolonie Bernstadt. Coal jobs in the county were plentiful.

On St. Joseph’s Eve, she never forgot to perform the egg-in-a-glass ritual and would be the first one in the morning to hurry to the window.

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