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

Category: North Carolina

This is not a pipe…

When WWII hit, American pipe makers couldn’t get imported briar wood any longer. Mountain laurel and rhododendron stepped in to fill the gap.

Neither North Carolina nor Tennessee claimed jurisdiction over Lost Cove. The boundary line wasn’t clear when it was founded. Hence the name.

By 1913, word of the impending dam & displacements had spread. With progress encroaching, they uprooted their lives & moved from Fonta Flora.

A trap for Santa and a string tied round a child’s toe to wake them up when he arrived. Christmas tales from Avery County, NC.

He immediately noticed, at the bottom of his stocking, a tell-tale bulge in the shape of a pocket knife. It was a pocket knife…of sorts.

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