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

Category: Virginia

Children were especially afraid of the two of them, and would not pass near the little shack

Several very superstitious families lived near the Moores; it wasn’t long before reports circulated that the Moores were witches.

Many of Anne Spencer’s poems convey a romantic concern with the human search for beauty and meaning in a disgusting world.

We’d take the inflated hogs bladder balloon outdoors on Christmas morning, lay it down and jump on it with both feet.

The body of Freeda Bolt, 18, of Floyd County, who disappeared last Thursday night, was found at 10 o’clock last night on Bent Mountain.

John Fox Jr. made his name as a novelist after settling in Big Stone Gap, VA, where he spent the last 29 years of his life.

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