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

Category: North Carolina

Revenuers or spies

Suppose that, one of these days when I’m out hunting, I should stumble upon a moonshine still in full operation–what would happen?

One of the first geologic explorers of NC’s Black Mountains, Elisha Mitchell, gave his name to the region’s highest peak.

My family was Lutherans in the old days, but there ain’t no Lutheran church here and we are all mixed up; we go to different churches.

Mrs. Mary J. Jones (b. 1910), interviewed in 1976 for the Southern Highlands Research Center, has lots to say about “no-account white trash.”

After spending much of their lives on tour, the Bunkers settled in Mount Airy. They married sisters and raised a total of 21 children.

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