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

Category: Tennessee

Hellers or No-Hellers?

The older Washington District family of churches fell into doctrinal discord, which in 1924 split the No-Heller side from the Heller side.

“To Sparrows, microbes or men there must come a day when the Good Gray Mother can feed no more,” warns Miles about overpopulation.

Mary Noailles Murfree, better known as Charles Egbert Craddock, spent summers in the Tennessee mountains among the people of whom she wrote.

Historians consider Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church, originally 8 miles N of Jonesborough, the first organized church body in Tennessee territory.

The most famous Welsh settlement in Ameria is Brynyffynnon in eastern Tennessee, established in 1855 by Samuel Roberts of Llanbrynmair.

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