Appalachian History

Who’s kidnapping whom? Indians and settlers mix it up

After supper they were sitting around their campfire talking, when suddenly Indians dashed into camp and captured two of the girls.

Did you know that purple martins in Appalachia are completely dependent on humans to supply their nestboxes in order to breed today?

My parents were Italian immigrants. They settled in WV, where my father came over at the age of seventeen, where he was a bookkeeper.

GO to Mystery Hill at Blowing Rock, NC! SEE people stand on 45-degree angles! WATCH water roll uphill! Mystery after mystery!

No man knew Blue Ridge people, lore, habits, & tastes better than Shepherd Dugger; in his day he was the foremost historian of the region.