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

Category: Virginia

They courted for 7 years, going places together with the crowd

Jordan and Augusta set up housekeeping 2 weeks after they got married in Longdale Furnace, VA (shown here) where they lived for 13 months.

On May 2, 1929, the unusually violent storm slammed into the little community of Rye Cove, VA in the mountains of Scott County.

Dr. Joseph S. DeJarnette, director of Western State Hospital, was one of Virginia’s leading voices in the social movement known as Eugenics.

In May of 1926, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill authorizing the establishment of a 521,000-acre Shenandoah National Park.

The 1890’s brought economic boom to Covington, VA. The population jumped from 704 in 1890 to 2,950 in 1900.

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