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

Category: Kentucky

He answered the call, not by a natural death

I never think of Shea’s Fork without my mind reverting back to that dismal, heartless day in the long ago.

Appalachia had a roadsign painter for God by the name of Henry Harrison Mayes (1898-1986). Mayes began his roadside mission in 1917.

After supper they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two of the girls.

The rain Sunday night came in cloud-burst fury, flooding the narrow gorges and trapping people before they knew what was upon them.

Breaks Interstate Park, astride the VA/KY border along the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River, is one of only 2 interstate parks nationwide.

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