Appalachian History

I want to go back where all the common, everyday towels were made of salt sacks, where there was only one store towel, for the preacher’s use.

Do you remember Grandma’s lye soap?

Lye was a very important thing. You’d use tallow to waterproof stuff with. You’d do your washing on a washboard with lye soap.

The Asheville Colored Hospital opened in 1944 through the efforts of Dr. Mary Frances Shuford and others such as Charles A. Webb.

Hog slaughtering was a festive time that required a late fall day of well-coordinated activities, and instilled a sense of esprit de corps.

Virginia governor Lord Dunmore concluded to settle the boundary line dispute with Pennsylvania by forcibly taking possession of Fort Pitt.