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

Category: Ohio

Not much spectacular ever happened on North Fifth. The people just wouldn’t allow it.

Steubenville had no big fires, or robberies, juicy divorce cases or scandals. That is not to say life was one soft bed of roses.

Emma Limpert says Grand Ma brought her into the world. Also she saved one of her sisters from diphtheria, from her herb doctoring.

In 1822, in company with my wife, I emigrated to America. We reached Pittsburg by stage. From there we floated down the Ohio on a flat-boat.

I allus wanted to be free. I kep thinkin’ about runnin’ away but had been puttin’ it off. I had almost fell out with God for making me a slave.

Zane Grey is rightly known today as the “Father of the Adult Western.” He wrote more than 80 books featuring rich western imagery.

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