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line of tinkertoy boxes from over the years
August 4, 2011 Childrens games / Inventors

How Tinkertoys got started

Construction toys of the early 20th century helped kids learn by exercising what we now think of as “spatial intelligence.”

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October 29, 2010 Cherokee folklore / North Carolina / Supernatural

The Brown Mountain Lights

In 1913, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist visited, reporting that the lights were the result of train headlights shining over the mountain.

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children playing crack the whip
July 3, 2007 Childrens games / Oral histories / Virginia

Our own swimming hole

We played whip-crack. You line up in a line and the person on the end really got it. You run with them and you come around and snap them.

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uktena-the-horned-serpent
May 29, 2007 Cherokee folklore / Cherokee Nation

The Legend of Uktena

In this legend, Aganunitsi searches distant gaps and peaks in the Smokies before he goes on to Duniskwalgunyi, the Gap of the Forked Antler.

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  • guineas of west virginia The Guineas of West Virginia
    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
    May 31, 2016
  • still from TV series Christy Christy and Leonora: City Girl, Country Gal
    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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