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

Category: West Virginia

‘Mountain Girls’ Celebrates the West Virginian Identity

This book features the lifelong friendship of two girls from Elkins, WV, whose resilience, humor, and creativity shape unexpected lives.

Allen Brumfield is attacked by his enemies. Following the skirmish, relations grow even bloodier between the Brumfields and the McCoys.

Shannon Colaianni Tinnell shows how to make Easter ravioli, an old handed down Italian tradition her WV family has lived by for generations.

It was a brutal first year. Brian had few, if any building skills, much to Montie’s dismay. Arriving in October, they slept on the ground.

Huntington, WV native Bob Withers memorializes that city’s historic neighborhood in the new Images of America series book, “Guyandotte.”

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