Appalachian History

The things you’ll find in a barn

In the era of hand-made tools, the man who custom-made his own tools could allow himself the luxury of making tools to meet his needs.

Georgia writer Bill Arp, writing as ‘The Country Philosopher’ post Civil War, was implicitly critical of the New South in his columns.

The Pack Horse Library Project (est. 1935) aimed to provide reading materials to rural portions of Eastern Kentucky with no library access.

They didn’t have hot water. They didn’t have toilet paper. They didn’t have doors on the bathroom . . . the girl’s bathroom.

The snow’s been collecting on the garden and the blooming season seems very far away. Of course the seed catalogs have started trickling in already.