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

Category: West Virginia

Box after box of penny candy that we loved to buy

Large glass display cases held items of interest. One of the largest cases held box after box of penny candy that we loved to buy.

James Dent wrote the daily “Gazetteer” column at Charleston Gazette. Dent was a rare writer who occupied a warm spot in the public’s heart.

Roy Lee Harmon occupied the post of West Virginia State Poet Laureate three different times, starting in 1937 on through till 1978.

Excerpt from On Discovering America, Pearl S. Buck, June 1937, Nobel-prize winning author, born Hillsboro, WV

The Hatfields and McCoys. America’s very own Montagues and Capulets. Symbols etched in America’s mind for Appalachian lawlessness.

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