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

Category: Tennessee

Ramps & Ruritans: Tales of the Revered and Reeking Leek

For folks in Flag Pond, TN each spring brings again the age-old combination of ramps, potatoes, bacon grease, and black iron.

Instead of telling you why Union County’s history is interesting, she shows you detail by detail why it has such a hold on her.

Fiction writer James Roberts Gilmore endeavored to cross over into the world of non-fiction to explore the extraordinary life of John Sevier.

Knoxville’s been agonizing about its identity for a while. Are we a major educational center, a green-tech energy powerhouse? Or “authentic?”

It was a sweet letter in which he pleaded with me to wait til he came home to make a final decision. Then I did a foolish thing.

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