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

Category: Virginia

You’ve been fooling me, baby

Despite dying in relative obscurity, A. P. Carter was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.

Elizabeth Laprelle attended old time fiddlers’ conventions & sang harmonies with her family, who taught her traditional singing styles.

Men in room at Mrs. Jones’s boardinghouse. Six men live in this room. Three beds, pay eight to ten dollars a week rent. December 1940.

During the 30s interest in the Apple Blossom Festival declined. The turning point came in 1938, when Tom Baldridge became Executive Director.

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