Appalachian History

Cousin Urbin was a Musician, a True Troubador

Urbin Cornett had to hide his banjo playing from his grandmother, who disapproved. Local boys tricked him into revealing his secret.

Kentucky officials did not even report influenza cases to the U.S. Public Health Service until late October. Likewise in Alabama.

The flu’s name came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain where it allegedly killed 8 million in May that year.

A very numerous crowd of beings resembling the human species without any particular members of the human body, nor distinction of sexes.

Dried apple stack cake is one of the most popular Appalachian cakes— no surprise considering apples are found aplenty in the mountains.