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

Category: Love and romance

The Aracoma Story –an Appalachian ‘Romeo & Juliet’

Shawnee princess marries a white settler in an 18th century WV version of the Montagues – Capulets. Tragedy follows true love in short order.

It was a sweet letter in which he pleaded with me to wait til he came home to make a final decision. Then I did a foolish thing.

Most folks don’t know anything about an Appalachian Shivaree, but it is not something a groom wants to face on his first night of marriage.

I cannot say for certain that they were love interests, but in one photo from May of 1926, the two are sitting very close together.

“Sadie Hawkins Day” featured a footrace in which the unmarried girls pursued the town’s most eligible bachelors.

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