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

Category: North Carolina

The iron horse throbbing on the ribbons of steel

The saddest episode in the Western NC Railroad construction occurred when workers were constructing the 863-foot Cowee Mountain Tunnel.

He was born into a storied but impoverished family on the Eastern Band of Cherokee’s Qualla Boundary. Jr.’s memoir is a remarkable story.

Author Eva Nell Mull Wike explains how she came to write ‘Fiddler of the Mountains,’ about her talented uncle, Johnny Mull.

St. Martin’s Press will release Sharyn McCrumb’s newest book, King’s Mountain, tomorrow, September 24. We’re pleased to offer you an excerpt.

Congregants dropped their tithes into the steeple, and the sliding floor section made accessing the collection later on a snap.

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