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

Category: North Carolina

Time to put a berry basket to good use

Before the advent of plastic containers the homemade bark berry basket was just the thing to haul your treasures out of the woods with.

In Ashe County in June 1918, however, a group of forty deserters decided to hide out in the hills for the duration of the war.

Wilma Dykeman authored more than 20 non-fiction books and three widely acclaimed novels. She championed the people and land of Appalachia.

If you’re a lover of classical chamber music living in Asheville, you can thank the efforts of Jeanette & Joe Vanderwart for making it happen.

Blaine Shepherd, a youth of the Crumpler-Grassy Creek section of the county, was shot and accidentally killed by his father.

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