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Study of a dog attacking a snake 1883
June 28, 2018 Military / Oral histories / Snakes / Virginia

Rover would seize the snake and literally shake him to pieces

And Rover’s efficiency for killing snakes? No member of our family ever was bitten by any kind of a snake in all of the years living there.

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three of james milton hanna's books
June 25, 2018 Alabama / Child rearing / Oral histories / Writers

Cornbread and Beans for Breakfast

“Cornbread and Beans for Breakfast,” published 1995, portrays the Depression era scene from James Milton Hanna’s childhood in Cherokee, AL.

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A View From Big Hill Near Berea, Kentucky
May 11, 2018 Kentucky / Oral histories

One time the boy next to me tried to bribe me to misspell a word

My proclivity toward spelling prowess reached fulfillment with one of my teachers. She had weekly spelling bees, and I quickly climbed.

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Wayside scene, stony creek, va 1886
March 27, 2018 Oral histories / Virginia

The Carter family of Stony Creek, VA (part 2 of 2)

It wasn’t too long until the mill had been built, and the first of Carter’s mills on Stony Creek was in business.

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carter chapel topographical map
March 26, 2018 Oral histories / Virginia

The Carter family of Stony Creek, VA (part 1 of 2)

It was while trout fishing in the spring of 1938, in Big Stony Creek, that I first saw the old Carter Mill.

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