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Amish or Mennonite wedding 1915 c. Beachy, Leo J.
November 21, 2017 Maryland / Old Order Amish

Old Order Amish

When you’re in Oakland or Grantsville, MD, you’re in Old Order Amish territory. You may be wondering just how that group got its name.

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1906 McElree's Wine of Cardui package
November 20, 2017 Medical ethics / Patent medicines / Tennessee

Black Draught and Wine of Cardui

In the era before the Pure Food & Drug Act, Chattanooga Medicine Co. flourished with elevated claims for its 2 most popular patent medicines.

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b&w of shadows on a snowy field
November 17, 2017 Appalachian music / Kentucky / Winter

Cold Winter Shadow

When a cold winter shadow I cast on the ground/ And frost from the foothills is creeping all around/ I now and then glance down the road…

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Oconee State Park Historic District Superintendent's Residence
November 16, 2017 Civilian Conservation Corps / South Carolina

Hard work, fresh air, and plenty of food

The SC men of CCC camps built Oconee State Park, Long Mountain Fire Tower, and Walhalla Fish Hatchery, and rebuilt Highway 107.

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Harlan Miners 1931 by Herndon J. Evans
November 15, 2017 Coal mining / Kentucky / Unions

Criminal Syndicalism comes to Harlan, KY

Theodore Dreiser organized a committee to infiltrate KY’s Harlan coal mines to investigate allegations of abuses against striking miners.

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  • guineas of west virginia The Guineas of West Virginia
    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
    May 31, 2016
  • still from TV series Christy Christy and Leonora: City Girl, Country Gal
    November 3, 2011
  • Source: Unsplash Appalachian Innovators: Untold Stories of Invention and Ingenuity
    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
  • Vicki on Home Guards lead to post Civil War feuds in Fentress County, TN
  • Giovanna Quattrone on How Dino Crocetti of Steubenville became pop singer Dean Martin
  • addy cheeks on Why The Possum’s Tail Is Bare
  • kota on North Carolina Ghost Town
  • Felicia Ross on She had one husband, five children, and four legs

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