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

Category: Kentucky

‘Daniel Boone’ opens at the Palace

For all his prowess, George O’Brien manages to project Daniel Boone as a shy, unassuming adventurer, which is presumably what the man was.

The Black Gold Festival in Hazard is Kentucky’s second largest festival (the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/miniMarathon is the largest).

The song’s odyssey began September 15, 1937 when folklorist Alan Lomax recorded a version by 16-year-old Georgia Turner in Middlesboro, Ky.

What happened in Floyd County, KY on August 24, 1934? The Floyd County Times gives us a ‘day in the life’ look.

1978 interview with Mary Brewer, author of “Rugged trail to Appalachia” Oral History Project, Frontier Nursing Service, Kentucky Virtual Library.

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