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

Category: Kentucky

Traipsin’ the Stage

Robin Waggoner wrote most of the play about the life of the Ashland woman who started the American Folk Festival in 1930.

This new tv/online show will feature positive, uplifting stories of the people and places in the East Kentucky hills.

Recently, folks gathered at the Hindman Settlement School in the hills of Southeastern Kentucky for the first Appalachian Food Summit.

After a lot of sacrifices, scrimping and piling one source of money on another, Sharpsburg has turned the building into a community center.

The Center for Historic Preservation conducts 9-state survey to identify/document historic buildings on the Trail of Tears Natl. Historic Trail.

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