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

Category: Virginia

Two Wise County places added to Virginia Landmarks Register

The Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved the St. Paul Historic District and Sunnydale Farm near Pound for listing.

My intention was to hunt snakes, and I dreamed of coming home with a beautiful and frightening diamondback rattlesnake skin.

The focus on Edith, at her birthplace museum in Wytheville, is to tell the story of this First Lady in her early years.

On that Sunday evening in 1927, one-armed deputy Chap Osborne approached the vehicle he had just stopped, with his gun drawn.

The story is told as if you’re just sitting on the front porch, passing the time as Dr. Ralph reminisces; an original and authentic voice.

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