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

Category: Virginia

The Mountain Memories Project

Our aim within the Mountain Memories Project is to individually film every pre-displacement mountain resident that we can locate.

A new documentary film explores the surprising history of a long forgotten German WWII POW camp near Lyndhurst, VA.

A historic structure was sold for the construction of a new parking garage & retail center (Kent Square). The Town stepped in to save it.

Earl Hamner’s family was the model for ‘The Waltons’ television show. A new documentary traces the storyteller’s roots in Schuyler, VA.

New River-Highlands Resource Conservation & Development Council works toward a modern rural community living in environmental harmony.

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Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
July 16, 2024
Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
February 27, 2024
From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
January 12, 2024
A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
November 9, 2023
The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
September 7, 2023

Hobey Ford on The Long Trail of Shortia, part 1 of 2
Tonja Wright on Tapping Oil at the Roots of a Family Tree
Larry Ernest Simmerman on The real Johnny Appleseed
Laura Kramer Salmans on Harry “Pop” Kramer: A Voice for Community
October pow-wow in Tucker County moves, expands - West Virginia Explorer on The Aracoma Story –an Appalachian ‘Romeo & Juliet’

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