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

Category: Virginia

Charles saw her—his face became pale

It seemed to him that the very image of his mother as she appeared 20 years ago lived & glowed in the face & features of the strange woman.

I looked back, saw both cows, thought she was going to come after me. So I climbed up a rail fence. I don’t know how in the world I got there!

Howard Little was convicted of the murders on Laurel Creek and sentenced to death. He was electrocuted in Richmond on January 7, 1910.

On September 21st, 1909, Howard Little allegedly came to visit Elizabeth E. Baker Justus and her extended family in Laurel Creek, VA.

Squirrel hunting was and is a passion, necessity (that may be more of a was), and a sport in the hills of Virginia and Kentucky.

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