Appalachian History

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Mountain songs and sayings have living reality

Mountain dialect reflects the Anglo-Saxon origin of the mountain people; obsolete words found in Shakespeare and the KJV Bible are common.

July 25, 2017 Coal mining / Company Store / Kentucky

The porches were screened but the coal dust still came in

What was it like in Moore Hollow after the mines got started? It was booming. New York didn’t have any more business than Moore Hollow.

The theatre sponsored games that were played on the screen for cash from the mid – 1930s to late 1940s. One such game was “Wahoo.” “Bank Night” was another.

sycamore school at jeremiah ky class of florene smith

July 21, 2017 Kentucky / Oral histories

We would have to just do everwhat she wanted us to do

My brother & sister, if we could get all our jobs done, why, Mother’d let us listen to “The Midday Merry-Go-Round” which was a comedy show.

July 20, 2017 Cherokee Nation / Trail of Tears

We can still see the townhouse, changed long ago to solid rock, but the people are invisible and immortal

The people on Valley river and Hiwassee heard voices of invisible spirits in the air calling and warning them of wars and misfortunes.